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Residential Air Quality Improvement System Dr. Mohammad AL-Rawi Centre for Engineering and Industrial Design (CEID) Research Presentation Event 14 th of November 2018 mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 1

Project Motivation “Crowded conditions mean illnesses spread easily. It only takes one kid to bring a cold or school sores home. Adults and older kids get a cold, but the baby gets bronchiolitis or pneumonia and ends up in hospital” “Very commonly families all sleep in the living room because they can only afford to heat one room.” – Dr Russell Wills, Children’s Commissioner mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 2

Four-Year Project • 2015 • 2016 Ideation phase: Initial survey: four students working on Came up with idea collecting data. 32 and applied for houses were surveyed ethical approval and using a thermal funding to get the imaging camera and equipment moisture/air-flow $10K meter The build: one student Design and working on building programming of unit: the first prototype one student working (device now built and on the design based we are testing it) on the literature One student working review and the data on redesigning the captured from the 32 filter to increase houses surveyed effectiveness • 2018 • 2017 mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 3

CFD Simulation mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 4

Testing LG.23 far wall after 8 days Swab from collected water after 6 days After Without UV lights With UV lights on Before Outside facing wall, 3h 20m of use Lower outside facing wall, 3h 20m of use Before After Before mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 5 After

Quiz mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 6

Quiz Name each flag mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 7

Thanks! Any Questions? mohammad.al-rawi@wintec.ac.nz 8