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Water Desalination Plant

Water Desalination Plant. Obtaining reliable fresh water supplies from challenging water sources. Engineering Design Loop Steps. Engineers look for opportunities in problems society faces Generate ideas on how to address the identified need

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Water Desalination Plant

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  1. Water Desalination Plant Obtaining reliable fresh water supplies from challenging water sources

  2. Engineering Design Loop Steps Engineers look for opportunities in problems society faces Generate ideas on how to address the identified need Pick the most promising design or combination of designs Build your design Find out if the design meets the design specifications Make improvements to reach or exceed design goals Understand the need Brainstorm designs Select a design Build a prototype Test Improve the design

  3. Water Cycle and Thermal Desalination Process • Sun heats water in oceans, lakes, streams... • Water evaporates • Water condenses to form clouds • Rain falls back to the Earth • Hot plate heats water in desalination plant • Water evaporates • Ice forces vapor to condense • Water is collected in plant

  4. full foil cover ice plastic container evaporated water condensed water falling into saltwater saltwater no. 10 tin can hot plate A Failed Desalination Plant Design • Hot plate boils off water • Vapor condenses on the bottom of the plastic container • Condensate falls back into the saltwater mixture This design fails because the clean water falls back into the saltwater.

  5. Your Objective • Design a desalination plant • Use a saltwater circuit to test the efficiency of the plant • Improve the design until the plant reaches the design specifications Design specifications: Your plant should be able to significantly remove the salt content from a saltwater mixture. Test you plant using the saltwater circuit.

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  7. References • Thirsty? How ‘bout a cool, refreshing cup of seawater?,USGS Water Science for Schools. Updated March 29, 2010. U. S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Accessed May 1, 2010. http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/drinkseawater.html • Wikipedia.org, Wikipedia Foundation Inc., Water Desalination. Accessed May 1, 2010. http://wikipedia.org

  8. Image sources • Desalination plant sketch by Juan Ramirez Jr., ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder (2009) • Water drop photo from Microsoft Clipart

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