Development of a Water Purification Device

Singatha Gcinamina Xaba; Lagouge Kwanda Tartibu; Peter Madindwa Mashinini

doi:10.1109/ICMIMT55556.2022.9845284

Development of a Water Purification Device

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology

University of Johannesburg

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The world is faced with a decrease in freshwater supply and current water infrastructure is under strain to supply drinkable water. Some of the most recent designs for portable purification devices are not able to purify all the different classes of impurities. This paper presents the development of a water purification device. To achieve this, the proposed solution will purify water from a wider range of impurities including pathogens, heavy metal and volatile organic compounds. The proposed design is portable, modular, ecology-friendly and a low-cost power-consuming design. Stainless steel is the selected material for the design due to its high food grade approval. Purification is based on boiling and heat exchanger systems. It incorporates an inlet filter, activated carbon filter and outlet bio-sand filter to purify contaminated water. The research found the design to be theoretically able to remove the 4 types of impurities it was designed to. Computational Fluid Dynamics was used to conduct investigations on the effectiveness of the heat exchanger and was found to be effective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	65-71
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665484008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIMT55556.2022.9845284
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	13th IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022 - Virtual, Online, South Africa Duration: 25 May 2022 → 27 May 2022

Publication series

Name	2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022

Conference

Conference	13th IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Virtual, Online
Period	25/05/22 → 27/05/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

activated carbon filter
bio-sandfilter
design
heat exchanger
portable water purification systems
volatile organic compounds

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications

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Xaba, S. G., Tartibu, L. K., & Mashinini, P. M. (2022). Development of a Water Purification Device. In 2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022 (pp. 65-71). (2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIMT55556.2022.9845284

Xaba, Singatha Gcinamina ; Tartibu, Lagouge Kwanda ; Mashinini, Peter Madindwa. / Development of a Water Purification Device. 2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. pp. 65-71 (2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022).

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Xaba, SG, Tartibu, LK & Mashinini, PM 2022, Development of a Water Purification Device. in 2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022. 2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 65-71, 13th IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022, Virtual, Online, South Africa, 25/05/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIMT55556.2022.9845284

Development of a Water Purification Device. / Xaba, Singatha Gcinamina; Tartibu, Lagouge Kwanda ; Mashinini, Peter Madindwa.
2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. p. 65-71 (2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Xaba SG, Tartibu LK , Mashinini PM. Development of a Water Purification Device. In 2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. p. 65-71. (2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022). doi: 10.1109/ICMIMT55556.2022.9845284

Development of a Water Purification Device

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