Team 7

        This senior design project involves using a Solar Sausage to desalinate saline water. This is an
entrepreneurial project expanding on the work of Mr. Ian Winger, FSU scientific research
specialist. The objective behind this project is to research different thermal desalination techniques
and incorporate one into the solar sausage converting saline water into potable drinking water.
Desalination is a technique most heavily used in Middle Eastern Countries. It is a very energy
intensive process that relies on existing and reliable energy sources. Madagascar is the preferred
location of choice based on the country’s scarcity to clean drinking water sources as well as poor
conditions related to this issue. Madagascar is also preferred based on its relative weather
conditions similar to Tallahassee where the testing will be conducted. The end design and
prototype will hopefully be applicable to other regions in need meeting similar standards and
deficiencies as Madagascar.
        Mr. Ian Winger will provide the materials for the Solar Sausage. The team will complete the
construction, as well as the distillation apparatus. Temperatures reached by the collector must be
around 100⁰C to be sufficient for evaporation to take place as well as vapor condensation to occur
at a satisfactory rate. There are a lot of technical specifications that need to be determined by the
group. The temperature to reach phase change must be determined as well as the geometric
parameters that will provide a sufficient water supply for a single household.