Designing a Low-Cost Ceramic Water Filter Press
Michael Henry, Siri Maley, and Khanjan Mehta
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering: Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship
Henry, M., Maley, S., Mehta, K., “Designing a Low-Cost Ceramic Water Filter Press,” International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering: Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, Vol 8, No. 1, pp. 62-77, 2013
Abstract
Diarrheal diseases due to unsanitary water are a leading cause of death in low and middle- income countries. One potential solution to this problem is widespread access to point-of-use ceramic water filters made from universally-available materials. This increased access can be achieved by empowering local artisans to initiate self-sustaining and scalable entrepreneurial ventures in their communities. However, a major barrier to the start-up of these businesses is the prohibitively expensive press used to form the filters. This article reviews filter press technologies and identifies specific functional requirements for a suitable and affordable filter press. Early-stage field-testing results of a proof-of concept design that can be manufactured by two people in two days at one-tenth of the cost of popular filter presses is presented.
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