This project includes the design, construction, testing and iterative
repairs and improvement necessary to develop a marketable and self-contained
aquaculture system capable of maintaining the aquatic life at a predetermined
temperature. The system is broken down into two primary components, a
thermo-fluids aspect and a system controls aspect.
The thermo-fluids portion of the project includes the heating and the
pumping and plumbing of the system. This entails design of a solar collection
and energy storage system, an energy balance of all related components to
determine the losses that will be encountered, as well as the method of
exchanging stored heat with the aquaculture tank to maintain its internal
temperature. The thermo-fluids section of the project will also include the
design and layout of the pumps and the valves that will be used to direct the
flow of the fluids through these systems.