Owens Lake Dust Mitigation
January 1, 2011Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Engineering, 2010-11
Liaison(s): Yamen Nanne PMP
Advisor(s): Anthony Bright
Students(s): J.J. Boyles (TL-S), Elliot Smith (TL-F), Danyang Zhao, David Turner, Matthew Brown (S), Edward Wang (F)
Studies have shown that tilted solar arrays can effectively minimize surface level winds near the array. The LADWP Clinic team has constructed a prototype solar array module to install on Owens (Dry) Lake. The module has been designed to handle the high winds and poor soil conditions present on the Lake. Results from the prototype installation will be used toward a future large-scale project with the goal of dust mitigation.