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Not a joke in the slightest. It is a distiller, so clean water boils off and is collected, separated from any contaminants.
by Raphael 19y ago
Not a joke in the slightest. It is a distiller, so clean water boils off and is collected, separated from any contaminants.
- rglullis 19y agoYeah, I know. But most of the problems that poorer nations face are not related with complete lack of water, but with the lack of drinkable water. The droughts you mentioned are oftentimes the same.
- lyime 19y agoI really don't think there is a lack of water. Just lack of drinkable water. Unless you are in the middle of Sahara, you should be able to find all kinds of water sources.
- rms 19y agoThere's also lack of energy... do all the distillers come with free solar panels? Otherwise you need to have fuel.
- andygeers 19y agoThat's why the article refers to the Stirling engines as a potentially partner - you chuck your cow dung or whatever into the Stirling to generate the heat needed to distill the water
- LogicHoleFlaw 19y agoNot only that, you get electricity out of the engine as well. The waste heat from the electric generator is used to power the water purifier.
- jws 19y agoThe numbers in the article suggest the stirling engine needs 1kW of energy input. There is no need to use expensive photovoltaic panels. 1kW is about 1 square meter of mirrors in a solar concentrator on a sunny day at many latitudes. Solar concentrators and stirling engines pair nicely, though there may be issues at that small scale. Nothing more mirrors won't fix though.