Waterchip Provides Cheap, Effective Desalination
Jun-12-14
The tiny Waterchip separates salt from seawater using an electric field and very little energy, potentially making desalination affordable to a much larger population.Current desalination techniques are cumbersome: they are easily contaminated and they consume too much energy. To address this problem, researchers from Texas and Germany created the Waterchip, a small, plastic chip that works on the nano-scale to desalinate water.
As the salt water moves through the chip's Y-shaped microchannel, an electrode at the Y's split creates an electric field that causes concentrated salty brine to flow into one channel while the desalinated water flows through the other. While a single Waterchip removes 25 percent of the salt and produces a small amount of clean water, the system is "infinitely scalable." Meaning hundreds, or even millions, of the chips could be arranged in sequence to produce as much freshwater as a conventional osmosis plant, but at a fraction of the energy.
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So where can these be acquired? Contact information please. Are they commercially available, looking to develop, idea only, or where do we go from here?
Posted by Clint Harriman on June 18, 2014
Any interest in getting this company/product listed and trading on one of the Stock Exchanges in Canada to provide an exit for existing and future shareholders/investors? After listing we can hire the Canadian Investment Dealers to complete financings.
Posted by Blaine McKearney on June 18, 2014
How many WATER CHIPS will be required to provide desalinated water for a population of 500000 to 700000 per day.What will be the cost of the chips and to make the plant .
Posted by Thambi Thomas on June 22, 2014
very interesting and would like further info as it becomes available and website? [email protected]
Posted by jared lake on June 25, 2014
Dear Madam/ Mister,
I work for the NGO called GIWEH based in Geneva, Switzerland. We are currently looking for the necessary technology and equipment for our aid project in the United Republic of Tanzania, more precisely for the city of Kojani on the island of Kojani (part of the island of Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania).
The main source of drinking water in the Kojani area is groundwater, where the biggest problem is salinity. Indeed, the island is located in the Indian Ocean.
The objective of this project is to improve the quality of water, infrastructures and supply and sanitation services in the city of Kojani.
We are interested in your services and we would like to purchase your product, to be able to work together in our projet to obtain drinking water for human comsuption and supply for basic services. We need to work in the desalination of its wells (TDS 900-1200ppm, Salinity 20-25g/L appling the WaterChip Technology
We would like to get a quote of your product, and we would like to know if you have a special price for projects promoted by NGOs.
If you need more information about our NGO, please feel free to contact us or you can visit our website www.giweh.ch.
Yours faithfully,
Edwin MURILLO
New Technologies Researcher GIWEH
0041227337511
Rue de Chantepoulet 10,
1207 Geneva Switzerland
Posted by Edwin Murillo on May 26, 2021
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So where can these be acquired? Contact information please. Are they commercially available, looking to develop, idea only, or where do we go from here?
Posted by Clint Harriman on June 18, 2014
Any interest in getting this company/product listed and trading on one of the Stock Exchanges in Canada to provide an exit for existing and future shareholders/investors? After listing we can hire the Canadian Investment Dealers to complete financings.
Posted by Blaine McKearney on June 18, 2014
How many WATER CHIPS will be required to provide desalinated water for a population of 500000 to 700000 per day.What will be the cost of the chips and to make the plant .
Posted by Thambi Thomas on June 22, 2014
very interesting and would like further info as it becomes available and website? [email protected]
Posted by jared lake on June 25, 2014
Dear Madam/ Mister,
I work for the NGO called GIWEH based in Geneva, Switzerland. We are currently looking for the necessary technology and equipment for our aid project in the United Republic of Tanzania, more precisely for the city of Kojani on the island of Kojani (part of the island of Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania).
The main source of drinking water in the Kojani area is groundwater, where the biggest problem is salinity. Indeed, the island is located in the Indian Ocean.
The objective of this project is to improve the quality of water, infrastructures and supply and sanitation services in the city of Kojani.
We are interested in your services and we would like to purchase your product, to be able to work together in our projet to obtain drinking water for human comsuption and supply for basic services. We need to work in the desalination of its wells (TDS 900-1200ppm, Salinity 20-25g/L appling the WaterChip Technology
We would like to get a quote of your product, and we would like to know if you have a special price for projects promoted by NGOs.
If you need more information about our NGO, please feel free to contact us or you can visit our website www.giweh.ch.
Yours faithfully,
Edwin MURILLO
New Technologies Researcher GIWEH
0041227337511
Rue de Chantepoulet 10,
1207 Geneva Switzerland
Posted by Edwin Murillo on May 26, 2021
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