Team 11
Josiah Dobson
Brett Nicholson
Travis Befus
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Project Overview
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Preliminary Designs
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Design Norms
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Major Decisions Made
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Major Obstacles
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Travel to Ecuador
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Feasibility
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Future of Project
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Working with HCJB to design a water tower and distribution system for
two villages: Iniayua and Washintsa
Iniayua- 25 home community
-Currently has a distribution system, but requires a new tower and
reservoir
-Minimum tower height is 20ft
-Minimum capacity of 5000L
Washintsa-15 home community
-Requires a tower, pump, and complete distribution system
-Minimum capacity of 3000L
 Pumping
Design
Four 80 watt solar panels in Iniayua
Modeled around a four hour peak sunlight
(10.6 gpm)
 Distribution
System
• Iniayua
= 10,000 Liters
• Washintsa = 6,000 Liters
Demand Curves for Iniayua
9
8
Demand (gpm)
7
6
5
4
Pattern 2
3
Pattern 1
2
1
0
Tank
Demand in Sync with pump
Demand out of Sync with Pump
Pumping system on full efficiency falls 317 gallons short of Daily Demand
Solution: Water conservation
 Stewardship
-Use only materials local to Ecuador
-Efficient use of all resources
 Transparency
-Maintain open communication with our client, HCJB
-Make sure the communities we are serving are aware of
developments
 Tower
and Reservoir Designs
-Max 6ft long members
-Steel and wood designs
-collapsible tank
Decided on the two communities we will be focusing on
Narrowed materials down to steel or wood
Using the Grundfos 2.5 SQF solar powered pump
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Raised the majority of our funding through the Innotec
grant
Purchased plane tickets
Preliminary Models in
StaadPro
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Communication
Planning the trip
-Tools/Equipment to take
Site Data
Material Data
• Types of wood
• Costs of Materials
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Team has purchased tickets for January 21-31
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Fly to Quito and travel by bus to Shell
-Meet with the HCJB engineers
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Travel by small plane to Washintsa and Iniayua to meet with
the client and collect data
-topographic
-soil testing
-layout of the village
-Analyze local materials
-Analyze water usage and pump operations
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Estimated costs are within budget
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HCJB is budgeting for the project
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Opportunity to travel to Ecuador
allows us to gather data
Preliminary designs show that
requirements and constraints can
be met
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Prototype of Tower and System for Senior Design Night
Tower structure design and construction drawings for
HCJB
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Distribution system designs for Washintsa
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Designs and recommendations to reduce pump failures