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Aqua Tower Aqua Tower is a patent pending, superior to other designs solution for production of water and electricity in vast quantities. It is more efficient, cheaper to build and operate, solving the challenge of water security. For oil-producing countries the Aqua Tower is a domestic energy source that frees up valuable energy export revenues. Aqua Tower is a self-sufficient system that harnesses solar and wind energy and will work 24/7 at a cost lower than renewables and comparable to best in class hydrocarbon solutions. Aqua Tower can also utilize waste heat from thermal power plants. The annual production (desalination) of water, in a single unit is estimated to exceed 500 million cubic metres excluding the production of sufficient amount of electricity for pumping and other needs.
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AquaTowerisapatentpending,superiortootherdesignssolutionforproductionofwaterandelectricityinvastquantities.Itismoreefficient,cheapertobuildandoperate,solvingthechallengeofwatersecurity.Foroil-producingcountriestheAquaTowerisadomesticenergysourcethatfreesupvaluableenergyexportrevenues.AquaTowerisaself-sufficientsystemthatharnessessolarandwindenergyandwillwork24/7atacostlowerthanrenewablesandcomparabletobestinclasshydrocarbonsolutions.AquaTowercanalsoutilizewasteheatfromthermalpowerplants.Theannualproduction(desalination)ofwater,inasingleunitisestimatedtoexceed500millioncubicmetresexcludingtheproductionofsufficientamountofelectricityforpumpingandotherneeds.
AquaTower-HowitworksAquaTowerisatall,straightconstructionwhosepowersystemisbasedonthenaturallawsofthermodynamics.
Itisisoptimizedforfewdimensions.Thesmallestonepresentedhereisnonethelessatallconstructionwithaheightanddiameterof645respectively145meters.TheonlyinputtoAquaTowerisseawater(andwasteheatforincreasedefficiencyofexistingthermalpowerplants).TheelectricityproductionHot,dryairentersthroughtheintakes22,itpassesthroughtheDeLavaltaperingat23andreachesthewaterspray-andcoolingnozzlesystem24atthetopofthetower.Heatedairalsoflowsfromthetopofthetower1tothesprayedwaterzone24.Theprayedwaterat24createsacoldzonemakingthehotairfrom22and1torushto24.Whenthesprayedwaterandairmix,thecondensed,nowcolder,airfallsinsidethetower(downdraft)atveryfastspeeds.Therushingairpowerstheturbines25whenitreachesthebottom.Waterproduction–VacuumThedownflowingairinsidethetowerincreasesevenmoreinpeedthroughDeLavaltaperingat21whichcausesanegativepressure(<0.5bar)at2.Thethroatsection2isconnectedtothewaterdesalinationchambers26and27throughthepipes3and5.Adjacenttothechambers26and27istheseawaterchamber10receivingwaterfrompipe12.Thewateratseawaterchamber10isheatedfromthewasteheatsource13(optional)throughtheheatexchanger14astoapproximately500C.Thewaterinchamber10isalsoheatedfromtheConcentratedSolarPowerSystem1throughpipe6.Fromseawaterchamber10theheatedwaterflowstothevacuumchamber26throughpipe28.Thepipe28passesthroughaliquid/electricheatexchanger8,heatedbytheConcentratedSolarPowerSystem1(duringnightsorifAquaTowerisnotconnectedtoawasteheatsource13).Theseawaterissprayedatthevacuumchamber26andevaporatesrapidly.Freshwaterchamber27whichisconnectedtovacuumchamber26ishasthesamelowpressureaschamber26butiscooledbytheheatexchanger17whichinturniscooledbytheAquaTowerscoldandmoisthighspeedairfromtheturbines25.Becauseofthecoldertemperatureatchamber27,thehottervapouratchamber26willconsequentlyrushtofreshwaterchamber27whereitcondensesduetothecoldertemperature.Thehighlysaltconcetratedwater(thebrine)fallsnaturallydown15inchamber.Brineispassed-offfordisposalprocessing.Waterproduction–ReverseOsmosis
