On Friday 13 December, the final stage of the Third Team Technical Competition EKOTECH2013 organized by the Institute of Flow Machines of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Baltic Eco-energy Cluster, under the honorary patronage of the Director of IMP of the Polish Academy of Sciences, was held in the IMP Academy of Sciences.
The competition was designed for high school students fascinated by technical aspects of the use of renewable energy sources. The aim of this year's edition was to design and then construct a windmill that obtained the highest usable power.
In the first stage of the competition, which ended on 29 November, the technical design of the windmill had to be presented, which was assessed for the ingenuity, aesthetics and correctness of the calculations contained therein.
The second stage was divided into two parts - theoretical, in which participants answered questions about renewable energy issues, and practical, by determining the utility power of the windmill built on the basis of an earlier project.
Not only the performance of the design was assessed, but also the aesthetics of the performance, functionality and innovation of the projects presented. 21 three-man teams presented their ideas for the effective use of wind force, from which the final fifteen were selected.
The winners of the competition were:
- 1st place: Pole Budzyńska, Judith Children's Day, Łukasz Bohatyrewicz from ZSP 1 in Malbork
- 2nd place: Jędrzej Markowski, Michał Markowski, Dawid Drzymalski from I LO in Malbork
- 3rd place: Patrick Bodusz, Dawid Rybicki, Oskar Stolz of ZSP 4 in Malbork
In addition, the jury decided to award the project of Łukasz Świątek, Mateusz Górski and Arkadiusz Domaros of the GSC in Lębork for the unique aesthetics of making a windmill.
The award was given to Anna Oleksak and Karolina Jankowska from I LO in Malbork due to the innovative design idea.
Information about the competition can be found at: http://www.imp.gda.pl/ekotech2013
Congratulations to all participants!
