Project Summary
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Project Information
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Project Background:
There currently exists a low cost UV Water
Treatment system developed by students at UC
Berkeley. The system allows for rural communities in
Mexico and Sri Lanka to obtain clean, safe water at a
low cost for families. However a system that stops
contaminated water from coming in contact with the
decontaminated water when certain failures occur does
not exist. The major goal of this project is to
implement this function into existing UV treatment
kiosks, as well as into kiosks that will be built in
the future. The failures which can occur include
power outage, UV bulb failure, broken filament, and
power brown out. The design must include few
consumable parts, and must be easy and inexpensive to
install and maintain. The mechanism designed should
be able to be retrofitted into existing water
treatment kiosks as well as used in newly built
kiosks.
Mission Statement:
The primary objective of this design is to
prevent any contaminated water from entering into a
tank of water that has already been decontaminated by
the UV water treatment unit. The product should sense
a failure and stop the flow of the contaminated water
until the failure has been found and fixed.
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Project Name
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UV Water Treatment Bulb Failure Safety Mechanism
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Project Number
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P12412
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Project Track
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Energy and Sustainable Systems
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Start Term
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2011-1
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End Term
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2011-3
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Faculty Guide
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Sarah Brownell, sabeie@rit.edu
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Primary Customer
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Fermin Reyegadas Fundacion Cantaro Azul
Co-Founder,
reyegadas@berkeley.edu,fermin@cantaroazul.org,
510-898-8306
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Sponsor (financial support)
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Kate Gleason College of Engineering
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Team Members
(From Left to Right) Tyler Josselyn, Evan Hall, Phil
Floroff, Matt Switzer
Member
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Role
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Contact
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Matt Switzer
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Team Lead, Mechanical Engineer
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mss9775@rit.edu
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Phil Floroff
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Team Facilitator, Electrical
Engineer
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psf9667@rit.edu
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Tyler Josselyn
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Team Mascot, Mechanical Engineer
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tmj2427@rit.edu
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Evan Hall
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Team Liaison, Electrical Engineer
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emh1171@rit.edu
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