Introduction

This project is asked by an organization, which is working to assist poorer

communities, to design and produce a water heating system. The main target of
the system is to provide 50 to 100 liters hot water a day, which at least achieve
to 55C.

There are two parts of the project.

In Part A, which lasts about five weeks, members joined in the project need to
come up with at least three different designs with details of working principles,
materials, sketches and so on. You need to upload everything you have done to
the Wintec`s Mahara every week. A final design need to be determined in the end
of Part A., and show how you selected it with a selection criteria. Every group
need to do a presentation and write a report in the end of Part A.

In Part B, which lasts about nine weeks, you need to come up with any problem
may happen in the product and find out the solutions to develop your design.
Then provide your design details about drawing with dimensions, manufacturing
processes used, expected cost and so on. Create your product and make a
presentation, which is about seven to ten minutes, to the clients who are non-
technical people.

Group information and contact

Group Hexa-core has six members from different ages and social identities. All
of us have different strengths so everyone in our
group is an important core. There are more
contract details below about our group members.

Name Contact detail

Oliver Tizard Project Manager/Main designer 022 102 8409

Adriaan Durandt Mechanical/Electrical Engineers 027 327 2815

Tulia Mucunabiyu Secretary/Mechanical Engineers 021 025 444 23

Kerry Wilson Mechanical/Main designer 022 173 5800

 Kartik Ghansela Main designer/Calculations 022 670 5583

Jiarui Huang (ME) Financial 022 041 5425

Scope from Oliver

Our water heater will be used in remote and poor communities in various developing
countries. These locations are not likely to have resources such as mains electrical
supply, however they are expected to have natural resources such as low-cost
combustible material and solar energy most days of the year. The ambient
temperature will vary based on location and time of the year.
The users of the system will not be technologically advanced and are only expected
to have very basic tooling. They will be requiring 50-100 litres of water per day
heated to 55C, and are likely to use all of this water at once. Improvements in
cooking resources for these people will also be very helpful, especially if it means
reducing the wasted amount of heat energy in the system.
Important design considerations include:

Cost
Low cost will a key factor in our system allowing us to have the maximum
possible positive impact on as many communities as possible. This means
reducing manufacturing, shipping, running and maintenance costs. To do this
our system will have to make use of premade and readily available
components/materials. It will need to be simple enough to be maintained by
the users, it will need to be light and compact to reduce shipping costs, and it
must either use no fuel or cheap fuel.
Environmental Impact
Our system must have a low impact on the environment. This means that
renewable resources must be used and our design must have a low carbon
footprint.
Service Requirement
Maintenance and assembly will be carried out by the users, who are not
technologically sophisticated. This means that any work will have to be
carried out without the use of specialist tools, and it must be straight forward.
Thermal Efficiency
With our heated water at 55C there will be a very significant temperature
between the water in our system and the surrounding atmosphere. Therefore
our design must be thermally efficient because the more heat lost, more
fuel/heat energy required to heat the water. This could impact the carbon
footprint and running costs.
Mechanical Construction
The construction of our system must be cheap, simple and compact. The
importance oof these factors has been discussed above. The design must
 also be very robust, because given the remote location that it will be in, any
repairs could be slow and costly. Our product must be designed to stand the
test of time also, as the community resources to replace the system may be
low.
Electrical Control
Electrical control will be necessary if our design includes pumps, heating
elements, thermostats, wind or hydro power. Using electrical control however
will add to the cost and complexity of the build, as well as influencing the
ease of maintenance and potentially longevity of our system.

Stakeholders
Representative of organization
The organization wants a low carbon footprint product, so we should consider the
environmental impact from our products.

Customers
Our targeted customers are people living in remote area in developing countries,
so the final products need to be as cheap as possible. There is no main electrical
energy supply in most of our targeted markets, so one of the components of the
design is power supply.

Materials suppliers
All materials in our product need to be purchased in NZ for lower cost. Use pre-
made components rather than custom built items.

Transport companies
Our products will be pack and ship out then assembly in our targeted markets, so
the product need to be assembly and disassembly easily. The shape of it must be
as simple as possible avoiding any damages during transferring.