Solar-Powered Device Creates Superheated Steam

Dec-12-18 A passive, solar-powered device that turns water into superheated steam could be used to sterilize medical instruments in remote areas.

The system, from a team at MIT, features a layered structure with a top that readily absorbs solar heat while the bottom transfers that heat to the water below it. The resulting steam is channeled through a middle, foam-like layer that superheats the steam before it is pumped out through a single tube.

The system is completely passive and, according to Thomas Cooper, who led the work as a postdoc at MIT, “You could scale this up to something that could be used in remote climates to generate enough drinking water for a family, or sterilize equipment for one operating room.”

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