64results about "Dome shaped condensation" patented technology

An autonomous water source (AWS) for extracting water from ambient air and delivering it to a plant to support growth. The system is based on an adsorption-desorption-condensation (ADC) cycle using a sorption material to extract moisture from ambient air and condensing the water vapor driven off from the sorption material by subsequent heating and followed by condensation. Liquid condensate produced in this process on the condenser is collected and delivered by gravity to a plant to reduce thermal stress and to support growth. The invention provides a sustainable source of irrigation water for agriculture and forestry, including areas where no water resources exist or are not economically viable. It can be tailored in size, and therefore, output capacity, reflecting the desired water requirements of a particular application, and can be used to replace most agricultural situations now reliant on surface water drip feed systems. The device is simple, rugged, invulnerable to rain, snow, and freezing conditions, and can be designed to last for many years without service as there are few moving parts and power required for operation is provided by sunlight.

A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced distillation with and without a hydrophobic microporous membrane distillation process is provided that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermo contact with the photovoltaic panel, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Its enabled beneficial utilization of waste heat can provide a series of distillation-related products such as: freshwater, sea salts, distilled water, distilled ethanol, hot water, hot steam, saline/brine products, and brine photobiological cultures for production of advanced biofuels and bioproducts, in addition to solar electricity.

A solar collector (1) is provided from plastics material sheets. There is a base part (3) and a first covering (5) overlying the base part (3). A first chamber (9) exists between the base part (3) and the first covering (5). The sheets are scaled at their side edges. The surface of the base part (5) that faces internally of the first chamber is heat absorbing to assist solar energy absorption into the first chamber (9). The first chamber (9) is supplied with a positive pressure air from a fan or blower and inflates the collector. The air is, in turn, heated by solar energy absorbed and can be used to heat water or other liquids directly within the collector (1) or the heated air can be taken from the collector (1) and used for heating. In a variation a second covering (7) overlies the first covering (5) and provides a second chamber (11) which is also inflated with positive pressure air. A method of obtaining drinkable/potable water using the solar collector is also disclosed. In addition a method of recovering minerals from liquids using the solar collector is also disclosed. Air in the second chamber acts as a heat insulating medium relative to atmospheric air and allows solar energy to be collected in the air in the first chamber by solar energy from atmosphere passing through the air in second chamber.

A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced solar-greenhouse distillation technology is disclosed that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermal contact with the photovoltaic panel, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Use of this invention can provide a series of distillation-related products such as freshwater, distilled water, hot water, hot steam, sea salts, saline/brine products, and/or harvest biofuels and bioproducts such as ethanol from renewable resources while co-generating solar electricity.

A wave energy seawater desalinator is applied to the field of seawater desalination. Simultaneously, the present invention reaches the goal of seawater vaporizing and fresh water producing by applying solar energy to heat as well as ocean wave and the physical process of low air pressure boiling and vaporizing. The present invention is characterized in that the present invention can self produce freshwater on the places with ocean wave without applying any electricity and oil-burning apparatus. The present invention is suitable for providing freshwater for soldiers stationed in island, in particular to being under a bad state of war, when energies of power and fuel are out of supply, the present invention can still supply freshwater. The present invention comprises a seawater evaporating chamber, a freshwater collecting chamber, a water pump, a thrust float chamber, a seafloor fixed link and a condensation pipe, etc. The present invention has two modes of execution. One mode is to be mounted on fixed living areas of island which is characterized in that the surface area of the seawater evaporating chamber is enlarged and the solar energy heating as well as freshwater output is increased. The second mode is to be carried and mounted on ship. A fixed pontil of the machine body is inserted in the earth of beach and the thrust float chamber floats up and down with seawater, thereby freshwater can be produced.

A distillation unit for producing potable water using solar radiation is disclosed. The distillation unit includes a heating chamber defining an interior chamber adapted to contain a non-potable liquid for distillation, and a dome-shaped condensing portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, with the condensing portion disposed over the heating chamber such that the heating chamber and the inner surface of the condensing portion are provided in fluid-transfer communication. The distillation unit also includes a pre-heat jacket having a first surface and a second surface and an interior defined therebetween adapted to receive non-potable liquid for distillation therein. The first surface is disposed adjacent the outer surface of the condensing portion, and the pre-heat jacket defines an access entry for introducing non-potable liquid for distillation into the interior of the heating chamber. The distillation unit also includes a trough adjacent for receiving a potable liquid therein.

A solar energy conversion and storage apparatus floats on a body of water and confines and stores a large quantity of solar-heated water for producing electricity with a closed-cycle heat engine. An expansive horizontal structure parallel to the surface of the water confines one or more horizontal layers of water, a distributed array of heat transfer structures gathers solar energy and imparts it to the confined water, and one or more heat engines produce electricity utilizing the temperature differential between the confined water and ambient water. The heat transfer structures can be configured to transfer solar energy to the confined water using a convective process; and some or all of the heat transfer structures can be configured to transfer solar energy to the stored water using a distillation process that optionally produces distilled water as a by-product.

A production unit for purifying water is provided. The production unit has a fluid intake and a heating basin fluidly connected to the fluid intake by a connector such that a layer of water with a depth of less than about 30 mm is provided. A transparent dome is mounted to the top surface of the base that defines an interior perimeter. A trough in the base is contiguous with an interior surface of the transparent dome. A fluid output is fluidly connected to the trough and extends away from the base. A plurality of lenses is configured to focus sunlight onto a corresponding plurality of focal points located on the layer of water.

This article of manufacture uses solar heat and heat radiated from the earth to heat and thereby evaporate salt-water along a continuous section of the article. The invention consists of a single piece of extrudable pipe which is internally separated into two chambers. The lower chamber functions as a salt-water transport and evaporation chamber. The upper chamber condenses the evaporate by means of a naturally existing temperature differential, it then collects this condensate and delivers the fresh water for irrigation or consumption depending on the placement of holes in the pipe.

A hot water and distillation apparatus configured to simultaneously produce distilled water and hot water is disclosed. The hot water and distillation apparatus comprises a hot water tank, a condensation and evaporation chamber, an (feed water) evaporation tray provided in the condensation and evaporation chamber, a heat source thermally connected to the evaporation tray. The hot water and distillation apparatus is configured to condensate evaporated feed water from the evaporation tray by means of heat exchange between the hot water tank and a condensation surface. The condensation surface is provided at the outside surface of the hot water tank. The heat source is thermally connected to the evaporation tray. The hot water and distillation apparatus comprises a distillate collection member configured to collect distillate. The hot water tank, the evaporation tray and the distillate collection member are provided in the condensation and evaporation chamber.

The invention discloses a photothermal evaporation material integrating light absorption and thermal insulation, comprising a heat insulator and a light absorber that covers the external surface of the heat insulator, the light absorber is vertically-oriented graphene, the heat insulator is a graphene foam, and the vertically-oriented graphene and graphene foam are connected by covalent bonds; the light absorber is vertically-oriented graphene whose surface is modified with hydrophilic functional groups. The invention also discloses a method for fabricating the photothermal evaporation material integrating light absorption and thermal insulation. The invention also discloses a solar energy photothermal seawater desalination device and a high-temperature steam sterilization device. The photothermal evaporation material integrating light absorption and thermal insulation overcomes the problem of easy separation between the light absorber and the heat insulator, realizes rapid and efficient photothermal evaporation, and improves the stability and photothermal conversion efficiency of the solar photothermal seawater desalination device and the high-temperature steam sterilization device.