Apollo Follow

By SEAL Team 6

Team

Andrew Kislak Da Costa - Mechanical Engineer - Sophomore

Pablo Peillard - Computer Science - Junior

Ritika Srivastiana - Electrical Engineer - Freshman

Joey White-Swift - Electrical Engineer - Sophomore

Target

Countries on the equator, such as:

Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan Uganda, Zambia

Idea

A see-saw structure that holds a solar panel while filtering water through a carbon filter and gravity.

Water Filtration

The filter is produced to provide clean water that can be replaced with readily available materials:

Sand

Rock

Charcoal

Solar Trackers

What’s new?

The solutions alone idea aren’t novel. Solar panels are everywhere and water filtration systems are readily available.

These systems are both expensive and unavailable for poorer areas.

How to use it

The solar panels are mounted on the rotating frame, a weight is suspended from one end, and a special waterclock is suspended from the other. As the water empties and the container gets lighter, the panel slowly rotates.

Cost basis

Cost of building this is as follows ( All costs are approximates) :

$50 – Solar Panel

$10 – wood

$0.10 – Charcoal

$3 – Hardware (misc. hooks, screws, etc)

Total: $63.10

A Solar tracker cost anywhere from $2,000 - $20,000.

Scalable?

If given more time we plan on integrating a TI board with motorized pump to automatically refill the dirty-water reservoir to ease the scalability of this solution.

Demo