This would be the last step of closing the loop — an automated dispenser that will release solutes when the water characteristics has met the allocated thresholds.
When we approached the design of the dispenser, we were certain that we wanted it to:
- able to be attached to the side of the tank
- able to hold large quantities of the solute so that it minimizes the frequency of the need to refill the solute of
We were given the idea by Hanyang (thank you!) of the Archimedes Screw.
Upon further expansion on the inspiration given, we came up with the idea of installing a motor and an Arduino to the end of the dispenser to be able to pick up signals sent to it and will start winding up the solutes, into the water. It will stop dispensing only when the sensors have picked up that the water characteristic is back to its normal level aka back below threshold.
