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3D Dew condenser

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Problem : People in remote areas have no access to clean water

We want to build a 3D dew condenser to save ground surface compared to standard dew condenser that are using large nets and take a lot a space. Reducing the amount of space used by one device would allow to increase drastically the production/surface ratio thus to produce more water.

1°) Objectives

  • Collect dew water that can be drunk without post treatment
  • Improve already existing designs by reducing the amount of ground surface needed (check file pictures)
  • Do it cheaper

2°) Researches we've done

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The Main prototype is beginning

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The dew condenser made with only recyclable materials is finished

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  • Week 10

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 14:36 0 comments

    During this week we made the prototype with the cones. After boring holes in the cones and cutting like piece of wood, we attached them together to make a strong structure.

    We finished the hackaday and the twitter, we are now ready for the oral. We just need to run tests and we can face a jury

  • Week 9

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:41 0 comments

    During this week, we glue some pieces of wood between the pillars, all around the main structure and graph plastic bags in it, to make the water fall. It was long because the glue toke 10min making effect, and we made 6 levels of bags and strengthening.

    We didn't receive the cones, so we couldn't prepare the clean prototype. The prototype in recyclable materials is now ready, so everyone who is poor can build one.

  • Week 8

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:36 0 comments

    We begin the creation of the dew condenser in plastic and wood. We are laser cutting pieces of wood to make 4 pillars. We encountered some problems during the cutting :

    The first piece of wood was to large (6mm) to be cut, so we toke two pieces of 3mm each and glue them together to make the structure enough strong to resist the severe weather. We made straight shank assemblies to maintain the structure together (see pictures).

  • Week 7

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:21 0 comments

    We are making progress on the Hackaday page and we are thinking about a second thought : make a dew condenser with only pieces of plastic. The research begin

  • Week 6

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:21 0 comments

    We bought cones to make the dew condenser, the main object is on his way. Hackaday page has been rebuild

  • Week 5

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:20 0 comments

    The design of the dew condenser is finished!!! We think about the material that we’ll use. We order a hydrophobic spray to transform our surface.

  • Week 4

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:20 0 comments

    Birth of the design and the main idea: a 3D hydrophobic dew condenser. Discussion with a hackaday user.

  • Week 3

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:19 0 comments

    Beginning of the researches and fulfil the hackaday and twitter page with information

  • Week 2

    thomas pireyre05/19/2017 at 12:19 0 comments

    We choose the project and form the groups: F3Dew was born. Creation of the twitter and the hackaday pages

  • Log Book

    tomangelo5804/21/2017 at 14:07 0 comments

    • Week 1:
      • Brainstorming
    • Week 2:
      • We choose the project and form the groups: F3Dew was born. Creation of the twitter and the hackaday pages
    • Week 3:
      • Beginning of the researches and fulfil the hackaday and twitter page with information
    • Week 4:
      • Birth of the design and the main idea: a 3D hydrophobic dew condenser. Discussion with a hackaday user.
    • Week 5:
      • The design of the dew condenser is finished!!! We think about the material that we’ll use. We order a hydrophobic spray to transform our surface.
    • Week 6:
      • We bought cones to make the dew condenser, the main object is on his way. Hackaday page has been rebuild.
    • Week 7:
      • We are making progress on the Hackaday page and we are thinking about a second thought : make a dew condenser with only pieces of plastic. The research begin

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K.C. Lee wrote 03/24/2017 at 15:23 point

FYI:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-in-pot_refrigerator

Low tech system that is around for ages.

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K.C. Lee wrote 03/31/2017 at 12:38 point

>First we focused on a cooling system that would make our surface temperature to drop in order to condensate water

Might want to read what you wrote.  I point out low tech cooling system.

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K.C. Lee wrote 03/31/2017 at 13:31 point

Don't bring up a few paragraphs of fluff of what you are not going to do when your main object is a single sentence.

not read a novel here.  Don't blame the reader when you are a bad writer.

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