Pool Boy
In the name of conservation and safety, we as a society should aim to reduce the number of harmful chemicals in our homes. Our product aims to greatly reduce the need for harsh chemicals. With intelligent monitoring, the Pool Boy system is able to reduce the usage of chlorine in a pool by 80%. This drastic reduction in chlorine results in a more pleasant swimming experience for users as chlorine attacks not only bacteria. Human hair, skin and lungs are targeted because they are organic as well. Chlorine can leave your hair dry and brittle, while also leaving your skin flaky. It can also trigger a negative reaction in the elderly and children as they can be extra sensitive to chlorine. Furthermore, the production of chlorine is extremely energy intensive. With this being said, it is time to confront the caustic chlorine solutions and bring consumers a product that can keep their pools clean while greatly reducing the needs for hazardous chemicals.
Improper pool maintenance will shorten the life of pool components and damage the surface on your pool. This increases the overall cost of ownership. The challenges presented to owners are the various environmental factors that cause chemicals levels to become inadequate in a short period of time. This brings a burden on owners to continuously test and tweak the levels to ensure proper component longevity and water safety. Our device attempts to tackle these problems by continuously monitoring and adjusting chemical levels that ensure all aspects of a pool do not succumb to premature failure and relieve pool owners of the constant maintenance.
Pool maintenance can be broken down into two major subgroups, first is ensuring component longevity by establishing a suitable Langelier Saturation Index (LSI). Second, is to purify the water of bacteria and viruses.
System will have three main modes; unit self-check, water Validation (for maintaining our saturation index), water purification (killing off bacteria). First, system self-checks will be made to ensure that the chemical adjustment levels are appropriate and the system is running correctly. Second, the system will check the water levels to ensure that the water is safe for purification. Finally, the system will ionize the pool to purify the water of bacteria and algae. Figure 1.1.1, listed below, summarizes the three phase system discussed in this paper.
Finally, the system will interact with a Control Panel unit where the user will set the pool settings and scheduler. This unit will be referred to as the “receiver unit” for the duration of this document. In general, the receiver unit will be the slave and the pool unit will be the master. This means that the pool unit will be doing the calculations, making decisions and sending commands to the receiver unit. The receiver unit will be continually listening for commands from the pool unit.