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Automated
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Design
...
Tool
...
The
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AguaClara
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Automated
...
Design
...
Tool
...
(ADT)
...
was
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recently
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released
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for
...
testing.
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The
...
designs
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generated
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by
...
the
...
design
...
tool,
...
in
...
conjunction
...
with
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professional
...
engineering
...
review,
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enable
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the
...
construction
...
of
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new
...
plants
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with
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little
...
to
...
no
...
overhead
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cost
...
from
...
engineering
...
firms.
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Since
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the
...
designs
...
are
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used
...
by
...
engineers
...
in
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Honduras,
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the
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ADT
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is
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bilingual
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(Spanish
...
and
...
English),
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and
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will
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support
...
additional
...
languages
...
in
...
the
...
future.
...
Using
...
a
...
large
...
set
...
of
...
equations
...
that
...
depend
...
on
...
pipe
...
and
...
tank
...
dimensions
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(among
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other
...
parameters),
...
the
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ADT
...
produces
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a
...
spreadsheet
...
of
...
all
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variables
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relevant
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to
...
the
...
plant
...
design,
...
and
...
the
...
values
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assigned
...
to
...
each
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of
...
them.
...
These
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include
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pipe
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diameters,
...
wall
...
dimensions,
...
and
...
baffle
...
dimensions
...
and
...
placement,
...
to
...
name
...
a
...
few.
...
The
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ADT
...
also
...
produces
...
text-based
...
code
...
of
...
AutoCAD
...
commands
...
to
...
create
...
a
...
complete,
...
three
...
dimensional
...
design
...
of
...
the
...
entire
...
plant
...
and
...
its
...
subcomponents.
...
This
...
code
...
is
...
imported
...
into
...
AutoCAD,
...
which
...
produces
...
a
...
drawing
...
of
...
the
...
plant.
...
For
...
an
...
interesting
...
visual
...
summary,
...
see
...
the
...
demonstration
...
of
...
the
...
Automated
...
Design
...
Tool
...
in
...
the
...
video
...
at
...
the
...
bottom
...
of
...
this
...
page.
...
The
...
AguaClara
...
ADT
...
is
...
written
...
by
...
students
...
using
...
engineering
...
calculations
...
in
...
MathCAD.
...
The
...
MathCAD
...
software
...
produces
...
the
...
commands
...
that
...
are
...
sent
...
to
...
AutoCAD,
...
and
...
a
...
plant
...
is
...
created!
...
Experience
...
with
...
these
...
pieces
...
of
...
software,
...
and
...
the
...
integration
...
of
...
theoretical
...
and
...
empirical
...
engineering
...
equations
...
with
...
design
...
software
...
has
...
proved
...
incredibly
...
valuable
...
to
...
the
...
students
...
on
...
the
...
Design
...
team—it
...
provides
...
realistic
...
professional
...
experience
...
and
...
an
...
effective
...
connection
...
between
...
coursework
...
and
...
actual
...
engineering
...
design.
...
One
...
of
...
AguaClara's
...
ultimate
...
goals
...
is
...
provide
...
communities
...
around
...
the
...
world
...
access
...
to
...
free,
...
effective
...
water
...
treatment
...
plant
...
designs.
...
We
...
encourage
...
communities
...
in
...
need,
...
as
...
well
...
as
...
interested
...
readers,
...
to
...
download
...
the
...
AguaClara
...
design
...
tool.
...
Instructions
...
and
...
download
...
links
...
are
...
available
...
on
...
the
...
...
...
...
page.
...
To
...
see
...
the
...
tool
...
in
...
action,
...
check
...
out
...
the
...
video
...
below.
...
Skip
...
to
...
the
...
end
...
to
...
see
...
the
...
complete
...
water
...
treatment
...
plant
...
design.
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}<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g_YNUti1eNo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>{html} h5. Engineering Review Process The Engineering Review process is an important safeguard to minimize the risk of facility failures due to faulty design guidelines. As the AguaClara team begins working with multiple partner organizations it becomes increasingly important that steps are taken to ensure that the design tool and any customized design recommendations are carefully reviewed. For this reason, AguaClara is developing a design validation process to test new releases of the online design tool. The validation process involves independent calculations of flow passage dimensions, reactor dimensions, and water surface elevations. New releases of the design tool will be tested by creating and validating a large number of different designs. In the future, the validation process will be automated and included in the Automated Design Tool package, as a safeguard against errors in the automated |
Engineering Review Process
The Engineering Review process is an important safeguard to minimize the risk of facility failures due to faulty design guidelines. As the AguaClara team begins working with multiple partner organizations it becomes increasingly important that steps are taken to ensure that the design tool and any customized design recommendations are carefully reviewed.
For this reason, AguaClara is developing a design validation process to test new releases of the online design tool. The validation process involves independent calculations of flow passage dimensions, reactor dimensions, and water surface elevations. New releases of the design tool will be tested by creating and validating a large number of different designs. In the future, the validation process will be automated and included in the Automated Design Tool package, as a safeguard against errors in the automated system.