P14418: B9 Power Generation for Better Water Maker

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Administrative	MSD I
Team Responsibilities	Problem Definition	Systems Design	Subsystems Design	Detailed Design
Meeting Notes Project Plan Risk Assessment Risk Curve Peer Assessments Team Values and Norms Previous Project Data	Problem Objective Customer Needs Engineering Requirements Benchmarking Project Review (Week 3)	Concept Development Functional Decomposition Pugh Analysis House of Quality Integrity of Product Project Review (Week 6)	Seat Assembly Gearbox Electronics Material Research Methods of Analysis Methods of Testing Faculty Reviews	Drawings Generator Circuit Assembly Models Cost BOM Testing Analysis Purchase Orders DDR

MSD II
		Testing
Administrative	Prototyping	Electrical	Gearbox	Seat and Track	Integrated System	User Testing
Project Plan Gantt Chart Risk Management Peer Assessment MSD I Post Mortem Actions-Issues-Decisions Log Presentations Meeting Notes	Purchase Orders Cost Sheet Build Procedure	Electrical Testing Drawings Results	Gearbox Test Procedure Drawings Gearbox Pictures Gearbox Manufacturing Instructions Results Torque Calculations Stress Calculations	Seat and Track Drawings Results	BOM Design Competitions Final Paper Poster Drawing Package	User Manual User Test Procedure Results

Project Summary	Project Information
Every 21 seconds another child dies from a preventable waterborne illness caused by poor quality water, sanitation and hygiene. B9 Plastics, a not-for-profit organization, manufactures the “Better Water Maker” (BWM); a human-powered water purification device. The BWM was designed as a hand-crank to provide the power to the UV-bulb in order to “clean” the water. Past RIT MSD projects had very similar needs and requirements but were not successful in developing a desirable product. Since the generator will be used mostly by women and children, it needs to be re-designed to reduce the user’s effort. It was our team’s goal to produce a prototype that provides the minimum power of 27.7W while making it easy to use. By using proven technology our team has provided a prototype that ideally has the potential for mass production.	Project Name Power System for the B9 Better Water Maker Project Number P14418 Project Family 2010-P11412; 2012-P13417 Start Term 2131 End Term 2133 Faculty Guides Gerry Garavuso and Gary Werth Primary Customer B9 Plastics: Bob Becthold and Kate Chamberlain Sponsor (financial support) MSD, Chris Fisher

Team Members

Kyle, Liz, Jacob, Jess, Erika, Chris

Kyle, Liz, Jacob, Jess, Erika, Chris

Member	Major	Role	Contact
Erika Correa	ISE	Ergonomics Research and Testing	exc5790@rit.edu
Chris Falanga	EE	Power Generation and Storage Research	cjf1533@rit.edu
Jessica Fuss	ME	Project Co-Manager	jrf4120@rit.edu
Kyle Jordan	ME	Specifications Review	kmj4034@rit.edu
Jacob Kleinberger	ISE	Project Co-Manager	jak8013@rit.edu
Liz White	ME	Website Updates and Scribe	eaw5288@rit.edu

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all the faculty and staff who spent time assisting us in theory and analysis.

Dr. Mark Kempski

Elizabeth DeBartolo

Dr. Stephen Boedo

Gerald Garavuso

Chris Fisher

Robert Kraynik

Jan Maneti