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

95-61408 Garshnek 这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发一种简单，便携和高效的海水淡化设备，充分利用冷深海水，太阳能的丰富自然资源，以及利用搅拌一杯茶或更大规模的飓风时通常遇到的二次涡流的动力学的独特方面。在自然界中，飓风实际上是一个“太阳能蒸馏器”，其效率因次级涡旋而大大提高，次级涡旋迅速将充满水分的空气输送到较冷的高层大气中，在那里沉淀为雨。所提出的装置是一个较小版本的包含飓风，其效率增加了转子产生的涡流。第一阶段的研究将集中在制造一个半规模的飓风塔海水淡化厂试验系统，在封闭系统中产生二次涡流，以及利用深海水（4-6 ℃）作为冷却剂冷凝快速上升的蒸汽和太阳能加热的海洋盐水（用于海水淡化）的系统蒸馏效率的工程/可行性测试。第二阶段将开发一个可操作的全尺寸示范装置，该装置可导致低成本、低能耗的海水淡化厂的商业开发，该淡化厂能够在浮动驳船上、在固定地点或移动的平台上运行，以服务于需要海水淡化和有深海水可用的地理区域。 飓风塔装置的商业应用包括用于军事应用、石油钻井平台、沿海地区以及岛屿和岛屿间供水的海水淡化厂;灾害、水污染或干旱期间的紧急供水;以及环礁、岛国和第三世界国家的可靠供水。飓风塔海水淡化系统也可以取代目前使用的老化和昂贵的固定海水淡化厂，为日常使用或紧急情况提供经济的淡水供应来源。

95-61408 Garshnek This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a simple, portable and efficient water desalination device that takes full advantage of abundant natural resources of cold deep ocean water, solar energy, and the unique aspect of utilizing the dynamics of generated secondary vortices of the type commonly encountered when stirring a cup of tea or, on a larger scale, within a hurricane. In nature, a hurricane is actually a "solar still" whose efficiency is greatly enhanced by secondary vortices which rapidly transport moisture-laden air to the cooler upper atmosphere where it precipitates as rain. The proposed device is a smaller version of a contained hurricane whose efficiency is increased by rotor-generated vortices. Phase I research will focus on the fabrication of a half-scale Hurricane Tower desalination plant pilot system, generation of a secondary vortex in a closed system, and engineering/feasibility tests of the system distillation efficiency utilizing deep ocean water (4-6 C) as the coolant to condense rapidly rising vapor and solar-heated ocean salt water (for desalination). Phase II will develop an operational full-scale demonstration unit that could lead to the commercial development of a low-cost, low energy, desalination plant capable of operating on floating barges, in fixed locations, or mobile platforms to service geographic areas where water desalination is needed and where deep ocean water is available. Commercial applications of the Hurricane Tower device include desalination plants for military applications, oil rigs, coastal regions, and island and inter-island water supply; emergency water supply during disasters, water contamination, or drought; and reliable water supply for atolls, island states, and Third World nations. Hurricane Tower water desalination systems could also replace aged and expensive fixed water desalination plants in use today_providing an economical source of fresh water supply for everyday use or emergen cies situations.