Introducing SeaSpark
The ocean is a precious gift; let's not waste it.
Imagine a world where everybody has stable access to clean water and electricity.
Why aren't we in that world now? Water filtration is expensive. electricity generation is also expensive. If only they could be combined into one machine, all our problems would be solved!
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That is the exact idea behind SeaSpark. using turbines, photocatalysis, and carbon filters, we do both of these at once!
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OUR PROTOTYPE
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Present Technology
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Reverse osmosis passes water through a wrapped poly amide layer, separating clean water from the concentrated contaminants called permeate.
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Water is passed through a porus activated carbon filter, which traps the contaminants.
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When you boil the water, bacteria and parasites die.​
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In distillation, water is boiled, the vapor is directed to another chamber and condensed, leaving contaminants behind
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​The hydroelectric dam blocks the river while the water accumulates, and the gates are opened, allowing water to rapidly flow and spin a turbine.
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The tides come, and pin the tidal turbine
Our Innovation and Technology
EGU
EGU, short for Electricity Generation Unit, is the initial process of the SeaSpark. The process starts with two large boxes placed at a thirty degree angle above the water. These two boxes are in a V-shaped configuration because the waves push and pull. When the wave comes into the system, it will immediately be met by a very fine mesh to prevent any aquatic-life from entering. Then, it will pass through a turbine, which will spin to generate energy.
PCS
The PCS (purification chamber system) uses activated carbon filters and titanium dioxide to desalinate the water, then sterilize it . when irrigated with sunlight, TiO2 can break down organic contaminants into harmless substances. A huge glass cube has a sort of steel wool with a lot of empty space, coated with a TiO2 (Titanium Dioxide) laden PDMS (a synthetic silicone polymer) when the water reaches the fill line, a circuit is triggered that closes the intake valve, and starts a 30 minute timer. in those 30 minutes, the coating breaks down all the organic contaminants,
How it All Comes Together
water flows through the EGU, and enters our T-joint control system. water flows into the PCS chambers, and the intake valve for a chamber closes once it is full.
after the PCS does it's thing, water flows into a storage tank, where it is pulled from a hand pump.
Breakthroughs
To make SeaSpark a reality, several key breakthroughs are required:
Currently, cleaning and reusing carbon filters compromises the effectiveness of the filter. For SeaSpark, we need a way to clean out the filter (for salt extraction) without any compromises.
Carbon filters are low cost, effective, and efficient, but they are a bit slow. In order to avoid a backlog, we need a way to speed them up.
In large volumes like the PCS ditch, disturbances can cause the sand to flow like a fluid, causing the system to collapse. There are ways to build houses on sand, but we need a way to make the walls of the psc ditch not collapse
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