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1. Members:
Francisco Llerena
Carlos Paz
Brayhant Proaño
Joel Rodriguez

2. OBJECTIVE
Show that is possible to collect
fog through two experiments
and also apply them in Quito

6. ACCORDING TO STUDIES THE AVERAGE MESH 2 METERS BY 2
METERS, CAN COLLECT 3 CM WATER FOR DAY, IN
CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO EXISTING IN QUITO.

8. SO THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN THE “PÁRAMO” AND
“BOSQUES ANDINOS”, AREAS WHERE THE ALTITUDE IS A
FACTOR BENEFICIAL TO OUR SYSTEMS,

9. IMPLEMENTING NEW RESEARCH OF THE FOG COLLECTORS,
SHOWING THAT 10% OR MORE COULD EXTRACT WITH A
FINER MESH AND THE ADVANCED SYSTEM, OUR SYSTEM
WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

10. IN ADDITION THE LOCATION OF COLLECTORS IS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE CLIMATE HELP TO THE FUNCTION
OF THE SYSTEM.

12. ECUADOR IS A COUNTRY THAT HAS THIS
METEROLOGICAL PHENOMENA SPECIALLY
IN THE ¨ANDEAN REGION¨

13. We can find
places to
recollect the
reasons is that
this places
have some
factors like:

14. HUMIDITY
PLANTS THAT CATCH THE
HUMIDITY,
LIKE: FRAILEJONES
FORESTS

15.  Collect to many water
 Abundance of shrub
plants that catch the
humidity
 The temperature
between 10 and 2
grades
 In the parts of cold
weather, this forest
grow in mountain areas
where is all the time
clouds
 That is the reason that
this places names
forest of fog
¨PARAMO¨ ¨BOSQUES ANDINOS¨

17.  There’s a beetle from the african namib desert, that
hydrated itself thanks to its unique shape beetle. water
mist is deposited in its wavy back and thus comes
back to his mouth. the designer kitae pak has been
based on this insect, to create a collector that could be
used in arid areas of the world.

18.  Shreerang Chhatre also created a water trap fog that can
be used in poor areas. Chhatre explains beetle shell has
portions which attract and other water repellent, so that
their mouth ends. That’s because these experiment is
able to be realized in almost every place with just enough
fog.

19.  The best location is in general the Andean Region. The
best place in Pichincha to make this experiment is in
Pululahua, because of studies and other experiments
previously done, Scientifics confirm that it can be
collected around 8,000 litters of water daily.

21.  This is a detector, called a cloud chamber is a
sealed box inside which there is a mixture of
alcohol vapor and air

22.  Passing sufficient energy
charged particles passing
through the chamber
(muons secondary
cosmic rays , for example
) ions leads to act as
nuclei of condensation of
the droplets growing
alcohol.

23. Dry ice
Alcohol
Glass box
Base

25.  1- Body of the camera
 2- Alcohol Reservoir
 3- Base of the chamber
 4-Dry ice deposit

26.  1. Can use a plastic or glass bowl (provided that the
joints are watertight. Approximate dimensions are
20 cm x 15 cm wide between 15 and 20 cm high.
 2. Order that inside the chamber is used alcohol
vapor strips of felt or the like of a few cm

27.  3. To close the camera an aluminum sheet of the same
dimensions is used as the base of the tank (or
whatever).
 4.It is very important that the chamber is airtight, which
can be obtained by placing a strip of rubber strip (with
a similar profile to that of figure) and attaching it to the
camera body with tape
 5. Finally, cover the portion of the metal sheet over the
inner chamber with black tape to increase the visibility
of the traces.

28.  This is the most convenient place for the
experiment because it provides very fog and
cold weather is perfect for that extraction is
adequate at 100%
 Also in the mountains can find moors, as we
know, provide a lot of fog and will be easier
to study an collect.

29.  We think that the weather and conditions allow the
proper functioning of the experiment because as
stated above it is necessary that the climate is like
cold and a low temperature which is appropriate to
study the fog and collect it.