In this project, we will research the way to automate the process of clear ice making, and design a machine that can make clear ice from scratch. We also aim to allow the freezing of clear ice into different shapes through different molds beyond the typical cube shape in standard ice maker
Directional Freezing is a simple method to make crystal clear ice by controlling the direction that water freezes. It mainly consists of allowing water to freeze into ice from only one direction (one side of a container) and the ice will be clear until the very last part to freeze, where impurities and air bubbles […]
To remove impurities from water, water purification is required. Through our research we found out that there are 2 ways of doing so: Distillation and Reverse Osmosis. Both ways produce pure water – however, through further research it was proven that freezing technique is more important than using pure/distilled water. Preliminary experiments by Alcademics that […]
Ice is usually not clear because light rays that pass through ice are scattered by mineral impurities and air bubbles that are trapped within. Light can also be scattered by small ice crystals that results in higher surface area for light scattering. Impurities and air bubbles get trapped because water normally freezes from all directions […]
