Wind turbines modified to produce water in arid lands
MAY 01, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026015
Daily Mail : To provide clean drinking water to isolated communities in arid countries, Eole Water , a French engineering company, has modified traditional wind turbines to distill water from humid air. Functioning much like a room dehumidifier, the turbines suck in air, direct it over a cooling compressor, extract the humidity, and condense it to liquid. Eole Water, which says one turbine can produce up to 1000 liters of water per day, has already placed a prototype in the desert near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Although the initial cost may be prohibitive, the company expects the price to drop as more units are produced. The turbines also require no external power source, are low maintenance, and should have minimal environmental impact.
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