Our two test systems DE02 and DE03, which were built in April by our SoWaDi project group on the experimental field of the TU Darmstadt, have recently been running. SoWaDi stands for solar water disinfection: the system we developed boils water with the help of solar energy and thus reliably removes microbiological impurities. The parallel… Continue reading Video about our test facilities
Author: Lea Hennemann
SoWaDi construction weekend: DE02 and DE03 are ready for use
On the weekend of 17 & 18 April, it was time for us to get away from our desks and get to work with the jigsaw! Our goal for the weekend was to build two new facilities on our test field at the Lichtwiese in Darmstadt. The planning Already at the beginning of the year,… Continue reading SoWaDi construction weekend: DE02 and DE03 are ready for use
Mr. Mrema’s experience with a SoWaDi system after one year of use
In 2020, a team from our project group travelled to Tanzania to build new SoWaDi plants together with our project partner Kilimanjaro Childlight Foundation (KCF) and future users. One year after the construction of the devices, Sam, project manager at KCF, talked to Leonard Makala Mrema about his experiences with the SoWaDi plant and the… Continue reading Mr. Mrema’s experience with a SoWaDi system after one year of use
Virtual SoWaDi Weekend
We used the last weekend in March to meet for a SoWaDi project weekend and work together on current work packages of the thematic groups, but also to make progress on tasks for which there is often no time in the daily project routine. For example, we finally found time to sift through and re-sort… Continue reading Virtual SoWaDi Weekend
This is how we look into the new year
This blog entry is about a review of the year 2020 and our expectations for the new year 2021. The past year will certainly be remembered by most people mainly because of the serious consequences of the Corona pandemic. We, too, had to get used to the new conditions created by the pandemic and adapt… Continue reading This is how we look into the new year
Test plant DE01 in winter break
Our test plant DE01 is located on the experimental field of the TU Darmstadt. After successfully developing and testing a measuring system here in summer 2020, which will provide us with important data on the performance of the plant in the coming summers, the plant has now been sent into winter break: Different to our… Continue reading Test plant DE01 in winter break
Developement of a measuring system for efficiency determination
From May to August 2020 the students Steffen Bißwanger, Leon Dungs, Sara Konrad, Nikola Milenkovski and Alexander Zinn carried out a project as part of their studies at the TU Darmstadt in cooperation with our project SoWaDi. The goal was the development of a self-sufficient measurement system, which allows the determination of SoWaDi units efficiencies… Continue reading Developement of a measuring system for efficiency determination
Video of our presentation “Introduction to SoWaDi”
Hello everybody! As already announced in the previous blog entry, we had the possibility to give an online talk for SoWaDi supporters on 29.10.2020. The presentation, which we are now able to provide in form of a video, gives an overview of the idea and the history of our research project, as well as of… Continue reading Video of our presentation “Introduction to SoWaDi”
Invitation to our SoWaDi online event
Access to safe water has been recognized worldwide as a human right since 2010. However, contaminated water continues to be a major problem for the health of the local population in many parts of the world. Therefore we develop SoWaDi. SoWaDi stands for Solar Water Disinfection: The solar water disinfection systems developed and researched in… Continue reading Invitation to our SoWaDi online event