Week 2

            This week Professor Gail Hearn, a biologist that specializes in the study of African primates on the Moka Conservation Center on Bioko Island discussed the demand for power on at the conservation centered and how bicycle generated power would be useful. The appliances requiring power are computers, internet modem, refrigerator, light, and a motor to pump water. We learned that there are people who are readily available bicycle and generate power, so laborers is not problematic. Therefore, it is speculate that either supplementing or completely replacing the gas generator with a bicycle-power generator would be more economical than purely relying on the gas generator. The design intends to store the bicycle generated power in 12 volt car batteries that can store up to 2100 watts of power. Hearn discussed that portability of power would be helpful in power usage while working in the field away from the gas generator. Therefore, the stored power on the batteries would supersede the limitations of the stationary gas generator.