Temperature Controlled Fan
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
18-4-2016 10:00 AM
End Date
18-4-2016 11:30 AM
Student's Major
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology
Student's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Mentor's Name
Puteri Megat Hamari
Mentor's Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology
Mentor's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Description
As international students living in the dorms, we usually tend to have problems with regulating the temperature in our rooms during winter and summer. This can be complicated when we have A/C or fans in our rooms and with the sudden climate changes. At times our rooms during summer might get too cold, or too hot during winter due to internal building heat, so we decided to program a fan to change its intensity based on the room temperature. Our method to achieve this automation was to increase the fan intensity by 25% for every 10 degree change in temperature. We also decided to turn the fan off when the sensor reads room temperature, around 20 degrees Celsius. We divided our tasks in terms of software, hardware, and actually building the components together. We found that the small fan we used was good enough for a small computer. We also were able to connect the fan via Bluetooth which means we are now able to control the fan with our phone. The larger implication here is that connecting more fans we are able to build a base for them and use them to cool computers and full rooms. This at a larger scale can be implemented inside of computers to be cooled off automatically.
Temperature Controlled Fan
CSU Ballroom
As international students living in the dorms, we usually tend to have problems with regulating the temperature in our rooms during winter and summer. This can be complicated when we have A/C or fans in our rooms and with the sudden climate changes. At times our rooms during summer might get too cold, or too hot during winter due to internal building heat, so we decided to program a fan to change its intensity based on the room temperature. Our method to achieve this automation was to increase the fan intensity by 25% for every 10 degree change in temperature. We also decided to turn the fan off when the sensor reads room temperature, around 20 degrees Celsius. We divided our tasks in terms of software, hardware, and actually building the components together. We found that the small fan we used was good enough for a small computer. We also were able to connect the fan via Bluetooth which means we are now able to control the fan with our phone. The larger implication here is that connecting more fans we are able to build a base for them and use them to cool computers and full rooms. This at a larger scale can be implemented inside of computers to be cooled off automatically.
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Edgardo. "Temperature Controlled Fan." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 18, 2016.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2016/poster-session-A/57
