SBIR PHASE II: Utilization of Deep Ocean Water for Water Desalination: The Hurricane Tower

SBIR 第二阶段：利用海洋深层水进行海水淡化：飓风塔

• 批准号: 9704058
• 负责人: Ken C. K. Cheung
• 金额: $ 37.49万
• 依托单位: OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-10-01 至 2000-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9704058&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; PHASE; II; Utilization; Deep

The objectives of this SBIR Phase II project is the development a modular desalination unit, confirmation of operational reliability, and demonstration of economic viability. The Phase I efforts produced a scaled Hurricane Tower desalination pilot plant and generated a secondary vortex in a closed system demonstrating the feasibility of the concept. Preliminary results indicate costs of below $0.90 per1000 gallons, using conventional energy systems while with renewable energy systems, costs could fall below $0.50 per 1000 gallons. The results demonstrated the promise of significant cost reduction over conventional systems. The proposed Phase II research will investigate the feasibility and operational performance of a modular secondary vortex-based desalination plant including design, construction and evaluation. Commercial applications include portable desalination plants on floating platforms; emergency water supply systems; reliable water supply for islands and economical water desalination plants to replace aging and expensive fixed plants in use today.

SBIR 第二阶段项目的目标是开发模块化海水淡化装置、确认运行可靠性并展示经济可行性。第一阶段的工作产生了一个规模化的飓风塔海水淡化试点工厂，并在封闭系统中产生了二次涡流，证明了该概念的可行性。 初步结果表明，使用传统能源系统，每 1000 加仑的成本低于 0.90 美元，而使用可再生能源系统，成本可能降至每 1000 加仑 0.50 美元以下。结果表明，与传统系统相比，有望显着降低成本。拟议的第二阶段研究将调查模块化二次涡流海水淡化厂的可行性和运行性能，包括设计、施工和评估。 商业应用包括浮动平台上的便携式海水淡化厂；应急供水系统；为岛屿和经济的海水淡化厂提供可靠的供水，以取代目前使用的老化且昂贵的固定工厂。