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It has long been the vision of AguaClara to automate the design process for water treatment plants. The goal is to create a tool that allows engineers to enter certain parameters like the plant flow rate for their town and have our program deliver an AutoCAD drawing, a report describing the plant, and a materials list. With the ambitious goals our team has set to meet the global demand for AguaClara technology we have made developing and testing this design tool a top priority. The design of the AguaClara plants is governed by our Design Philosophy and our commitment to Open Source Engineering. |
Team
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Links
Calendar
Automated Design Algorithms
Design Tool Testing Calendar (along with other AguaClara team calendars)
Challenges
Design Team Reports
Design Team Wiki
Automated Design Program
The Automated Design EtFlocSedFi file integrates all of the design programs in order to automatically design and draw future water treatment plants. The individual algorithm and program descriptions can be linked to from the EtFlocSedFi link above.
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Our Honduras partners compile basic information about a town requesting a plant design. This information by the design team to create the detailed designs described above. The Honduras team also records pictures and data about the construction and functioning of a particular plant. This information can be found on the Project Sites page.
Current Work
Peruse this list of Challenges for the entire team, some of which are specific to the design team. Our continued work focuses on improving and updating the Automated Design tool.
Previous Work
Work done by previous Design sub-teams can be found on the Previous Team Work Page as well as in the Design Team Reports archive. The work is broken down by semester as a way to document the improvements and changes made within the team over the years. Refer to reports first if you have questions about ongoing challenges.
Presentations
See presentations given by past design teams.