And the Navy would be Customer Number One. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > To be honest, I don't think that anyone thought of it in that way before. > It was always a pack or a couple of gadgets that they could toss on a boat. > This is the first that I have seen that is a complete solution. You could > possibly last for a long time on it. 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In an emergency at sea, you may not be able to obtain fresh >>> drinking water before being forced to abandon ship. Passengers could easily >>> die of thirst or from extreme temperatures before they are rescued or reach >>> land." >>> >>> As well as providing both insulation and shelter from the elements, the >>> Sea Kettle would feature a number of hand pumps within the cabin. With >>> these, the lucky survivors would draw up sea water into a Gortex covered >>> plastic reservoir. Both the reservoir and the cover would be black to help >>> concentrate the sun's heat onto the water contained therein. >>> <http://www.gizmag.com/sea-kettle-life-raft-makes-sea-water-drinkable/15903/picture/118709/> >>> >>> As the evaporated water hits the top of the cover, vapor escapes through >>> the Gortex but the larger water molecules are condensed and the droplets run >>> into four pockets around the raft, filling them up with drinkable water. >>> Hoffman states that the process should provide enough drinking water for up >>> to five people. >>> >>> The designer says that the desalination process used in the Sea Kettle >>> design was inspired by the >>> Watercone<http://www.tinox-watermanagement.de/index.php?id=74>, >>> a portable solar still where salty/brackish water is poured into the base >>> and the cone floated on top. The black pan base helps cater for the >>> evaporation of the water, which condenses to form droplets on the inside of >>> the cone. The droplets trickle down into a trough. A cap at the tip of the >>> cone is unscrewed and the cone turned upside down to pour the drinking water >>> into a suitable container. >>> <http://www.gizmag.com/sea-kettle-life-raft-makes-sea-water-drinkable/15903/picture/118711/> >>> >>> Hoffman has entered her >>> design<http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Projects/Project.aspx?ID=1551>in this >>> year's James Dyson Award competition and will know shortly whether >>> it's made it through to the next round, the first shortlist being announced >>> on August 3. The overall winner will be crowned in October and will walk >>> away with GBP10,000 (approx. US$15,682), a visit to one of the Dyson R&D >>> centers and the Award trophy. If appropriate, the University Department to >>> which the winning designer or team belongs will also receive GBP10,000. >>> >>> Of course the whole life-saving process sort of depends on a Sea Kettle >>> ending up in a location where there's sufficient heat to evaporate the >>> collected sea water. Rafters may still find themselves a bit parched if >>> their Sea Kettle bobs around in stormy, bitter cold Titanic-type situations. >>> That said, marine accidents are not just restricted to icy northern waters >>> and I would rather take my chances in a Sea Kettle than one without built-in >>> solar desalination. >>> Gallery Images >>> >>> - [image: Rough sketches of the >>> design]<http://www.gizmag.com/sea-kettle-life-raft-makes-sea-water-drinkable/15903/picture/118706/> >>> - [image: What the designer expects the Sea Kettle to look like when >>> >>> completed]<http://www.gizmag.com/sea-kettle-life-raft-makes-sea-water-drinkable/15903/picture/118707/> >>> - [image: The steps to drinking water from the >>> sea]<http://www.gizmag.com/sea-kettle-life-raft-makes-sea-water-drinkable/15903/picture/118709/> >>> - [image: A look at the structure of the Sea >>> Kettle]<http://www.gizmag.com/sea-kettle-life-raft-makes-sea-water-drinkable/15903/picture/118710/> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
