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The Abstract Contains:

1.1 Project Description

The project description is a concise statement of the project scope and goals (100 words).

1.2 Outcome of Development

The outcome of development gives a description of the key technical issues and features associated with the product and concerns the feasibility of the product.

1.1 Project Description

InnovatioNDistillation has developed an emergency water recovery system.  In conjunction with the 2007 ASME Design Competition the scope of this project was to create a water distillation system that runs solely off the mechanical power input of a single user.  The product is targeted towards disaster victims, third world countries, and the armed forces.  It is meant to be compact, transportable, durable, and easily operable.  Harnessing and manipulating the mechanical power input provided by the user to boil, distill, and supply potable water was the goal of the product. 

1.2 Outcome of Development

As noted, the product created is a water distillation device, which runs solely off of human mechanical input.  Specifically, cycling charges a generator.  Acquired energy is transferred to heat through sequential operation of a heating cartridge and thermoelectric (TE) module.  This heat boils brackish water, which is condensed on the reverse side of the TE for drinking.  The TE is the key component in recycling the latent steam energy.  The module creates a temperature gradient about its two primary surfaces which powers the boiler and condenser.  The embedded intelligence controls this operation and ensures that temperatures are maintained within the operating range of the TE module.  The possibility of supplying potable water using this product is high.  Boiling and distilling water for purification, however, is not an energy-efficient process of refinement.  Therefore, much emphasis was put on conserving and recycling all energy input into the system.  With this concern the development of the product has become a feasible challenge.