Eliodomestico Solar Water Distiller | Best Inventions of the Year 2012 | TIME.com: "Freelance designer Gabriele Diamanti created this solar-powered distiller for use in coastal areas in the third world that are deprived of freshwater. It is half as expensive and 67% more efficient than existing models, and his hope is that local manufacturers will adopt the open-source design and mass-produce it for local populations."
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Where can this product be purchased in North America?
ReplyDeleteThe solar water distiller is a relatively new comer. it rivals the electric water distiller, competing on the residential water distillers market. I’ll review the advantages and the disadvantages of solar distillers in comparison to electric distillers.
ReplyDeleteAdvantages of Solar Distillers
A typical size solar distiller (e.g. Rainmaker) can produce 1.5 gallons (six liters) per day during the summer, dropping to 3 liters in the winter season. It should be out in the sun, it takes 10 square feet (0.9 square meters) and it weighs 69 lbs (31kg).
The advantages are:
1 - Free of charge sun energy (during sunlight it eliminates 500 Watt electric consumption per one hour of sunlight)
2 - There are no moving parts; it is therefore reliable and almost maintenance free (cleaning is required though)
3 - Water taste is claimed to be better since the device act as a Solar Water Vaporizer and it doesn’t boil the water (resembling rain water)
4 - Neutral pH is claimed (like rainwater), not like the not neutral pH of steamed distilled water
Thank you for your kind information
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