Monday, September 19, 2011

IMPORTANT DESIGN EDIT

After a meeting with mentor Dr. Robert Miskewitz, GMG made the decision to invert the desalination cone on top of her component of the desalination unit. This decision was made due to the principles of condensation and gravity, wherein condensed water is more likely to cohere (and thus form droplets) if it is allowed to run to a singular point, rather than forced to disperse along a circle. With the original cone design, the water droplets would be forced farther away from one another as they condensed, making it difficult for droplets to form. If the cone is inverted and allowed to come to a point, all the water will be forced to that one point and droplets will form much easier and faster, increasing device efficiency. Overall, this edit will have a beneficial effect on the productivity and speed of the desalination process.

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