5.1 Game Rules

1. The teams will be allowed intake of waste water from a distributer connected to a waste water reservoir through a peristaltic pump, which will control the rate of flow of waste water. The distributer will be kept on the machine. The picture of distributer is given below






2. The distributer is a coil of pipe wound around a square frame in spiral shape. The pipe has periodically spaced holes in it of 2 mm diameter from where water comes out and gets sprayed throughout the area of the machine. The other end of the pipe is sealed.

3. The diameter of the distributer coil given will be 20 cm. The participants are advised to devise their filtration units accordingly.

4. The rate of flow of water provided will be 170 ml per minute.

5. Teams will be given three minutes in all to filter the waste water.

6. Four holes of diameter 1 cm will be provided at the four corners of the table to mount the machine. The machine must have a screw and bolt mechanism if the participants wish to mount it. The distance from centre to centre of the adjacent holes is 25 cm. However it has to be made sure the exceeding part of the machine should be used for mounting only.

7. We are also providing another set of holes whose center to center distance is 20 cm and that may also be used by participants for mounting purpose.

8. The mounting table will have a square hole of side length 6 cm in the middle. The participants are advised to make an outlet at the bottom of their machines through which the filtrate can be collected in a container kept below the mounting table simultaneously during the run.

9. No trials runs will be allowed around the venue of the competition.

5.2 General Rules

1. The teams must adhere to the spirit of healthy competition. The teams must not damage the opponent's machine in any way. Judges reserve the right to disqualify any team indulged in misbehavior.

2. Any team that is not ready at the time specified will be disqualified from the competition automatically.

3. The machine would be checked for its safety before the event and would be discarded if found unsafe for other participants and spectators.

4. The organizers reserve all rights to change any or all of the above rules as they deem fit. Change in any rule will be highlighted on the website.

5.3 Team Specifications

A team may consist of a maximum of 2 members.

5.4 Eligibility

All students with a valid identity card of their respective educational institutes are eligible to participate in filtrOn at Techfest 2008.

5.5 Certificate Policy

1. Certificates of Excellence will be given to all the winners.

2. Certificates of Participation will be given to all the teams that are able to get a score in excess of 3.

5.6 Registration

Registrations are closed.

5.7 Accommodation

Accommodation registrations for filtrOn have ended.

5.8 Accommodation Criterion

• Participants are required to submit an abstract containing a brief idea of:

1. Principle used to filter the waste water.

2. Mechanism used to filter the waste water.

Only a brief idea of the above is required, not the details. The abstract should be concise and to the point and should not exceed one A4 sheet of text typed with Times New Roman font of size 12 in 'doc' or 'pdf' format.

• Note that abstract submission is only for teams who wish accommodation during Techfest 2008 at IIT Bombay. Abstracts are not required for participants who can arrange accommodation themselves.

5.8 Important Dates

25th December 2007: Last date to submit abstract to get accommodation at IIT Bombay during Techfest 2008.

25th December 2007: Last date for submission of online accomodation form for participants who require accomodation at IIT Bombay during Techfest 2008.

10th January 2008: Last date of registration for participants who do not require accommodation during Techfest 2008.

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