1. D ESALINATION D EMONSTRATION Welcomes You To:

2. W HAT IS D ESALINATION ? Refers to any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from water. Water is desalinated in order to convert salt water to fresh water so it is suitable for human consumption or irrigation.

3. L ARGE S CALE D ESALINATION “The world's largest desalination plant is the Jebel Ali Desalination Plant (Phase 2) in the United Arab Emirates. It is a dual-purpose facility that uses multi- stage flash distillation and is capable of producing 300 million cubic metres of water per year.” (Approximately 80 Billon Gallons)

4. O UR D ESIGN This project is a Senior Design Project for the College of Engineering The goal was to design a system, using renewable energies, that would desalinate enough water for one person. The system uses only solar energy to desalinate the water

5. Input Water Flows Through the Still Into the CPC Where it gets heated and flows back into the Still The hot water evaporates, leaving the salt behind The water forms droplets, then flows down the glass into a collection trough And clean water flows into the portable container

6. T EAM M EMBERS Sergey Chiripko 5 th Year Mechanical Engineering BS/ME, Business Emphasis Andy Thistle 5 th Year, Mechanical Engineering BS Wayne Evans 5 th Year, Mechanical Engineering BS/ME, Sustainability Emphasis Allison Schneider 5 th Year, Mechanical Engineering BS, Biomedical Emphasis Dylan Connole 5 th Year, Mechanical Engineering BS Kelsey McConnaghy 4 th Year, Mechanical Engineering BS/MS, Sustainability Emphasis

7. S PECIAL T HANKS ! The team would like to thank the faculty in the mechanical engineering department at RIT, especially Dr. Edward Hensel and Mr. Gerald Garavuso. The team would also like to thank Dr. Alexander Friess and Dr. Stevens for their insight. Additional thanks to Rob Kraynik, Steve Cramb, Evan Evans, Kyle Norlin, and the Aero club for their assistance.

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