http://www.eolewater.com/
Interesting for regions lacking rain.
The Earth's atmosphere is charged with humidity. It is a huge reserve of fresh water: around 13 km000
Eole Water simply uses the energy of the wind to liquefy this water vapor. The humidity in the air is sucked in and then condensed to extract its water.
A rain phenomenon is thus created inside the wind turbine.
http://www.eolewater.com/assets/files/P ... Doc-UK.pdf
http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=news&news=7116 :
Eole Water: the wind generator generating drinking water
"You give us the wind, we give you water". Here is the slogan (A slogan is an easily stated and retained sentence, which expresses an idea that we want to disseminate (function of ...) of a wind power system allowing the creation of drinking water (Drinking water is a water having to satisfy a certain number of characteristics making it suitable for ...). For several years, Marc Parent has been working on the development (Graphics) of a first prototype. The idea came to him while he lived in the West Indies in a house (A house is a medium-sized building intended for the residence of a family, even of several without being ...) which was not connected to the network (A computer network is a set of equipment linked together to exchange information (by analogy with ...) drinking water This is how the Eole Water was born.
There is nothing revolutionary about its operation, but no one had yet had the idea of integrating it into a wind turbine: it simply transforms the humidity contained in the air into drinking water. The wind turbine first captures the moisture naturally present in the air. After condensation (Condensation is the name given to the physical phenomenon of change of state of matter which passes from a diluted state ...), the humidity is transformed into water thanks to a refrigeration unit located in the nacelle. This condensed water then flows through a particle filter (A filter is a system used to separate elements in a stream.) And is then stored in the mat.
The prototype now collects between 70 and 200 liters of water per day, but the team is working on developing a larger prototype (planned for 2010), which will be able to harvest up to 1000 liters of drinking water per day (enough to meet the vital water needs of 25 people). This wind turbine represents a double advantage: not only does it produce drinking water, but it also creates electricity (Electricity is a physical phenomenon due to the different electrical charges of matter, manifested by ...) ( 25% more electricity than what it needs (The needs are at the level of the interaction between the individual and the environment. There is often a ...) for its functioning). Thus, if the air is dry during the day and humid at night, the wind turbine alternates between the production of electricity and water. If there is no wind, a small model (with a capacity of 800 liters per day anyway) can be coupled to photovoltaic panels, a generator or power lines. A transportable model was created to be used in the event of a disaster (A disaster is a brutal event, of natural or human origin, generally having death and destruction at ...) natural for example. The wind turbine will therefore be able to provide disaster victims with both water and electricity.
To combat drought, some countries desalinate seawater (The term sea covers several realities.) But it is a very polluting solution. This wind turbine has the advantage of not having an impact on the ecology, of not consuming any energy (In the common sense energy indicates everything which makes it possible to carry out a work, to produce heat, of. ..), and above all not to pollute.
The production cost is between 10 and 000 euros, depending on the size of the wind turbine. The patent is available for consultation here, subject to having created a user account (free) beforehand.
Cedric DEPOND
