The Australian Scientists Turning Air Into Drinking Water, With Renewable Energy.
Manufacturing 2,000 litres of drinkable water, extracted from the air (using renewable energy), at a cost of less than two cents per litre.
That’s the challenge set to those entering the Water Abundance XPRIZE, where 98 teams from 25 countries will compete for the $1.75 million.
Professor Moghtaderi is also leading team "Hydro Harvest Operation (H20)" in the competition.
"We’ve been working in areas related to energy, energy efficiency and water for some time and some of the technologies we’ve been working on have actually become commercialised and are now on the market," Professor Professor Moghtaderi says.
The first one, GRANEX heat engine, is an engine for waste heat recovery, the second, Infratech Energyon demand, is an advanced thermochemical energy storage system, and the third, VAMCO, is a chemical oxidiser for abatement of ventilation air methane.
"In a moment of serendipity, we came across the Water Abundance XPRIZE and thought, well we’ve been working in this area, so why not give it a shot!
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Professor Moghtaderi says this competition is important, because air and moisture are resources accessible anywhere.
The two-year competition will look to announce up to five finalist teams in February 2018 and will then embark on final testing through July 2018.