The Earth is almost completely covered in water, but only 0.007% is accessible drinking water. Sadly, in many of the world’s developing countries, there is a serious scarcity of clean drinking water. Many of their possible sources have become contaminated due to poor sanitation throughout the developing world and is one of the main causes of this scarcity. In order to address these water shortages, our group has designed two water vapor condenser models, the “Refrigerator Style Model” (Model A) and the “Metal Nalgene Bottle Model” (Model B), with Model B being the most feasible. Both of our designs condense water vapor from the air and produce clean potable water. However, each design has its own characteristics, and in order to compare them, we used a decision matrix. These designs are still in the developing stages, and require extensive prototyping and analysis in order to optimize water production. Our target areas are where there is both a high demand for water, and the air is humid for most of the year.

Creator

• Miller, Daniel
• Brierly, Shawna
• Castagna, Bianca
• Kimmel, Ryan

Contributors

• Sisson, Richard D.

Subject

• Recover, Reuse, and Recycle: Building a Lasting World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1341

Award

• Poster Presentation, Judge's Winner

Year

• 2009

Date created

• 2009-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2024-03-01