Ben Johns

Build a device designed to be used by an individual or group of individuals in a developing country to pasteurize water to a level where is it safe to drink. Specifically, to a developing country where utilities may not include electricity.

Pasteurization: is the process of heating water below its boiling point to drastically reduce the amount of bacteria, viruses and protozoa in the water. Water and other substances are held at an elevated temperature for a given amount of time until the safety zone is met. Adapted from RJS Thesis.

Mission Statement

International Decade for ActionUnited Nations sponsored effortTwo Goals for 2005-2015:

reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water

to stop unsustainable exploitation of water resources.

Funding for this project comes from the EPA’s People Prosperity, and Planet (P3) program

Quantifying the Need5000 children a day (1.8 million per year) die in the world due to diarrhoeal diseases, from WHO Water for Life, these diseases are largely attributed to the absence of clean safe drinking water.

WHO, Water for life

Solar Pasteurizer with Integral Heat Exchanger (SPHINX)

1st generations device

P07401Team has an

opportunity to draw on the knowledge base of the first generation

Closing the Gender Gap Unfortunately, in developing countries it is largely the

responsibilities of women to gather water. Women often have to walk long distances, carrying heavy loads This responsibility often keeps them from completing school,

making it practically impossible for them to escape their circumstances

Basic access is considered less than a 30 min round trip, and families require 26 gallons a day (World Health Organization clean )

•Women in southern Pakistan go on a water search, most also carry their young children•http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Da-En/Drinking-Water-and-Society.html

OpportunitiesLooking for culturally sensitive engineersDue to budget restrictions electrical and computer

components are not expected on this project, therefore, no electrical or computer engineers will be needed

Work within a team focusing on helping a large percentage of the population with a fundamental need.

Impact developing countries on many different levels such as economically and gender equality.

Think globally, interact with officials in Venezuela On this device the understanding of thermal and

fluid modeling with be extremely important. It will be necessary for students to learn programs such as Pro-Engineer, Fluent or Lab view.

Contact InfoIf interested in the project please contact Ben

Johns at bgj5992@rit.edu

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