Choctaw Solar Car Team

CCHS Solar Car Project

Choctaw Central High School, Choctaw, Mississippi

Captains: Tasha Laird, Trisilla Willis | Advisors: Joey Long, Lidda Hughes, Frankie Germany, and Jason Roberson
Vehicle Name: Tushka Hashi III (Sun Warrior III)


CONGRATULATIONS TO CHOCTAW CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN CHOCTAW, MS for being the overall first place winners for the Hunt-Winston Solar Car Challenge for 2010! For more information on this solar car challenge, visit their website www.winstonsolar.org/challenge/ . More pictures can be found in our photo gallery.
 
First Place for Solar

 

New National Solar Tour UPDATE

 
 
Edinburg Attendance Center Student
Wins First Place in Science Fair

Sarah Beth Pope, a Fifth grader at Edinburg Attendance Center, was awarded “Best Overall” in EAC’s Science Fair.  Her project researched Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Modules and how their angle and positioning in relation to the sun would affect their efficiency.

Using a 20 watt PV solar module and testing equipment provided by Mississippi Solar, LLC, Sarah Beth proceeded to document (under adult supervision)the amperage and voltage of the module at three separate angles: flat , 15 degrees due South, and 30 degrees  due South.  This data was taken every hour from 9:00am to 4:00pm over the course of one sunny cloudless day in April.  While her theory was that a module laid flat in an un-shaded area would produce the most power, she was able to determine that the ideal position on that day was the 15 degree due South tilt which better matched the sun’s position in the sky.

Sarah Beth also tested how heat affects voltage.  She was able to prove that lowering the temperature of the surface of the PV solar module would increase the voltage which subsequently increases the overall power.  These results show that while solar production is highest in the summer due to longer days, modules are actually more efficient in the winter.

Mississippi Solar would like to congratulate Sarah Beth on her achievement In the Edinburg Attendance Center Science Fair and thank her for taking the time to research and learn more about the photovoltaic solar process.
 
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