Solar distillation and desalination of ocean salt water for the masses.

This video demonstrates scalability of the process of solar distillation or desalination of ocean salt water using a solar oven or greenhouse to create fresh drinking water for people and irrigation. A slide show set to Beethoven's "Ave Maria".

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• solar
• power
• green
• distillation
• desalination
• greenhouse
• oven
• fresh
• water
• purification
• saltwater

[snavelie]

The song is Ave Maria I have found multiple attributes to the singer, but don't know who it is.

[snavelie]

I have seen this work on small scale in a greenhouse that I worked in as a child . There is a constant trickle of condensation down the inside of the greenhouse from the moisture of the plants and soil. That happens in a ventilated system where too much heat is a bad thing. If you sealed the greenhouse off and used some basic solar oven tech IE: a flat black float on top of the water. You could easily evaporate loads of water using greenhouse tech.

[snavelie]

Good info! This process could be sped up a great deal by running super heated oil through tubes in the ocean water reservoir. This would require the use of parabolic mirror(s) to generate superheated oil. Maybe the salt could be used for deicing roads? Or refined into table salt and other byproducts.

[snavelie]

Why doesn't California build miles and miles of these?

[IronRangeSurvival]

I have the answer. STOP SELLING OUT TO THE IMF and being forced into privatization of your countries natural resources; because of elitist pricks you let rule you.

[planetwalker]

Will the contaminants not end up in the sea salt ?

[jondeik]

@limey3r But if we collect the fresh water and keep the salt crystals for our food, how will this change anything?

[jondeik]

@IronRangeSurvival While I agree this is one of the main problems here in the U.S., how on earth are ordinary citizens supposed to help this from happening? All of the people with money simply hold on to it by corrupt means and sell out entire countries and peoples just to stay in power. I cannot see a solution yet.

[limey3r]

Though this is a cool idea you need to remember that large scale desalination will change the properties of the ocean in that area and effecting all manner of sea life with lower salinity.

[JonThm]

The simplest way to remove salt from sea water is to use vacuum deceleration

[libertyphoenix777]

In the sea, is FREEDOM!!! Thanks 4 Posting!!!!!!!

[LAWAGO]

Pumping water requires energy

[headfake]

This will probably only come about with a Resourced Based Economy. Watch Zeitgeist Moving Forward on youtube. 

[mudkipping]

One problem I think is that evaporated water tends to lack all the minerals and such that people need to absorb through water for long term healthy survival. It's great for emergencies though.