Freshwater production from Humidity under the appropriate technology paradigm: case study in La mesa de los Santos, Colombia. (#1710)
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July 17-19, 2024
Published In
"Sustainable Engineering for a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Future at the Service of Education, Research, and Industry for a Society 5.0."
Location of Conference
Costa Rica
Authors
Tarazona Romero, Brayan Eduardo
Duran Sarmiento, Miguel Arlenzo
Ascanio Villabona, Javier Gonzalo
Lengerke Perez, Omar
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to design, build, test and economically evaluate a system for capturing moisture from the atmosphere under the appropriate technology paradigm, taking as a case study the municipality of La Mesa de los Santos, Colombia. Initially, a bibliometric process was carried out to define mathematical models for the 3D CAD design of the technology, then the materials were selected under parameters of local availability, low economic cost and easy handling. Subsequently, the technology to be implemented was simulated in order to analyze its static behavior from analytical wind load data. Once the behavior of stresses, deformations and deflections of the proposed technology was evaluated, the implementation and experimentation was carried out, measuring temperature, humidity, flow and volume variables. The results show an average water production per day of 16,152 liters and the economic study highlights a value of 0.00114 euros per liter.