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Drip
Automatic faucet dripper to prevent frozen pipes
$400 million
Yearly damages from frozen and burst pipes
Drip Automatic faucet dripper to prevent frozen pipes $400 million - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Drip Automatic faucet dripper to prevent frozen pipes $400 million - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Drip Automatic faucet dripper to prevent frozen pipes $400 million Yearly damages from frozen and burst pipes Standard faucet controls Solenoid Valve Hot Input Drip bypass Cold Input Customer Needs & Specifications Prevents Saves
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Cold Input Hot Input Drip bypass Solenoid Valve Standard faucet controls
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Customer Needs & Specifications
Easy Install Seems like regular faucet Prevents Freezing Saves Water
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Key Questions
- How efficiently can Drip use water?
- How does Drip fit into a faucet?
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Freezing Experiment
Dry Ice Pump Copper Tubing Ball Valves (water supply) (pipe near exterior wall) (faucet in house)
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Results
Drip Frequency Volume/Drip
Infrequent Spurt Full Stream Trickle Infrequent Drip Near-Constant Drip Frequent Spurt
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Integration Mockup
Solenoid Valve Drip Bypass
Front View Rear View
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Going Forward
- Determine optimal flow conditions
- Further research on installation requirements
- Interview users for cosmetic and operational
preferences