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Active Fog Catcher, Michael Giglio, Carson Hand, William Beechinor, Kai Zhang
Active Fog Catcher, Michael Giglio, Carson Hand, William Beechinor, Kai Zhang
Mechanical Engineering
The active fog catching senior project team has been asked to develop a device that will harvest water from the atmosphere, namely fog, using active means. The project will be centered on maximizing water collection rate, with efficiency as a secondary concern. The final design utilizes a refrigeration system in which fans pull air across the cold evaporators inside of a duct. Water condenses on the evaporators and drain into a collection container. It was decided to focus on maximizing water collection at the cost of efficiency because the feasibility of actively harvesting fog must be proved before trying to …