The Water Purification Device is designed to provide drinkable water to areas wherein the
resource is scarce. The objectives of the study are to design a system that will process the
water, an interface unit, the monitoring system to monitor the turbidity, pH, and chlorine and
control the water flow.
The water processing system includes a 3-
stage pre-treatment system that would separate
gross impurities from the water source that
includes coagulation using alum, pH balancing by
adding lime, a chlorination which kills the bacteria
and carbon adsorption.
The interface is a microcontroller-based
unit equipped with sensors and regulators that will
automatically optimize the whole device. A touch-
screen LCD will be the interface of the system
where the instruction and the data gathered of the
sensors will be shown.
Design Criteria
Functionality
Functionality is the sum or any aspect of
what a product or device, can do for a user. The
functionality test verifies that the system is fully
functional after assembly and installation. This is
performed by letting the system run a full operation
without the user intercepting the whole process.
The system is verified if each of its components
perform and function individually and as a whole.
Effectivity
Effectivity refers to the state of the system
wherein it is capable of producing a desired result
or the ability to produce desired output. Effectivity
testing will use of the data gathered in accuracy
testing. The test will be composed of two results,
the system’s output and the laboratory result. The
system’s output will be comprised of the sensors
being calibrated and compared to the sensor
reading. This is to ensure that the sensors are
properly calibrated and shows the correct output.
The laboratory results are results taken from the
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alkalinity of the water- physical properties that was
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controlled by the system. The test will also undergo
bacteria testing to see the coliform content, this is
to ensure that the water is free from bacteria.
Satisfying the above mentioned parameters means
that the system is effective in converting dirty water
to potable water.
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Mobility (Single solid line, Auto, 0.5 pt Line width)
Mobility refers to the state of the system
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to another. SwaTS system is designed to be small
and mobile so that it can be easily moved to places
where it needs to be used. As a system that is
designed to be used for rescues and for far flung
communities the essence of mobility of SwaTS is
considered highly in this prototype.
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framework of the system. This guides the group to
focus on the parameters that needs to be
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study and its output. Indi ko bal.an kung legit ni or
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text na gusto mo two column then voila. Works like
magic pero I don’t know lg gd kung amu gd man ni
mag format hahahaha. Pero daw ayos man ah kay
gawork man sa the bay e nlg e kay gawork sa so
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