Engineering Creativity Award: Magnetic Field Desalination

与传统方法相比，该研究项目涉及以低运营成本实现工业规模的海水淡化。方法涉及核电，超导和反渗透领域，超导体具有以低成本产生极高磁场的能力。核反应堆的原理被用来在远离容器壁的磁场中捕获离子，从而使脱盐的水直接流经磁场中心。海水通过磁场后，杂质大约减少了一个数量级。一种改进的反渗透装置，其工作原理是离心机，产生高压，使海水从微咸水淡化为饮用水。高磁场提供的分离阶段使水达到微咸水标准，并减少了反渗透淡化海水所需克服的高渗透压障碍。将对上述概念所产生的所有各个方面进行研究，并提出一种系统，该系统将使高效和廉价的脱盐过程成为可能。

This research project is concerned with the desalination of seawater on an industrial scale at low operating costs compared to conventional methods. Methodology involves the fields of nuclear power, superconductivity, and reverse osmosis, Superconductors have the capability to generate extremely high magnetic fields at low cost. The principles of nuclear reactors are used to trap ions in a magnetic field away from the containing walls allowing the water to be desalinated to run directly through the center of the magnetic field. After the seawater passes through the magnetic field the impurities are reduced by approximately one order of magnitude. A modified reverse osmosis unit which operates on the centrifuge principle generates high pressure to desalt seawater form brackish water to drinking water. The separation phase provided by the high magnetic field brings the water to brackish water standards and reduces the high osmotic pressure barrier that needs to be overcome to desalinate seawater by reverse osmosis. All of the various aspects resulting from the above concepts will be studied and a system will be suggested which will make possible a desalinization process that is efficient and inexpensive.