Water of Life
Water, essential to maintaining life, plant, animal, human life and the natural environmental equilibrium.
A shift in attitudes is required, from a linear style of thinking,
from where the extraction of materials you desire and then
abandoning the residuals, as this is no longer an acceptable practice.
To become a sustainable society we must accept the responsibility for
the ultimate disposition of all the materials generated as a result of our activities.
Participating in online collaboration groups such as the Sustainable Water Cycle
Conservation
Forum may be a small step towards achieving Environmental Sustainability
along with adopting a Waste
Regeneration
strategy.
Water Recovery
We may achieve Environmental Sustainability through
Water Regeneration.
Water recovery from the
Atmosphere,
Water Purification,
and
Waste Waster
treatment.
Physical water is a common commodity that can be
traded worldwide.
Water Vapor Recovery
This is the processes of
Condensing
water vapor from the ambient atmosphere, the collection of evaporated water, and
moisture expelled from breathing, sweating.
There are ongoing efforts for the
Direct Air Capture
of atmospheric water vapor and also CO2.
Waste Water
Industrial Waste Water
- the recovery process to make drinking water from urine,
residential drain water from showers, bathing & hygiene, cooking.
Microbial Fuel Cells may present the potential of harvesting energy from the
Salinity Gradient
in urine and waste water.
Municipal and industrial waste water treatment, water purification or regeneration,
heavy metals
residuals recovery, Metal Bearing Wastewaters,
filtration, precipitation, ion exchange systems, Ionic exchange resins,
electronic recovery, electrolysis & electrostatic precipitation.
Sludge De~Watering
Sludge De~Watering provides the opportunity to recover clean water and product residues.
Industrial process sludges typically have much higher solid particulate content than other forms of waste water.
The
recovery
of resources may vary widely with
industrial sludges
depending on the source of the industry the sludge is generated from.
Heat Scavenging
By locating a water purification module in conjunction with a source of waste heat,
you may be able to generate
clean water
from waste water streams with no direct energy cost and no additional CO2 footprint.
Water Purification
Water Purification is the cleaning or purifying of water that is taken from existing sources,
such as from the ocean or from collected waste water.
Various processes can be utilized for
desalination
or cleaning of the water like water filtration, ion exchange, UV, Thermal or Solar Energy
Filtration This is the passage of water through a semi-permeable membrane. The membrane blocks the particulate matters that contaminate water. The process filters out all sorts of contaminants such as ions, pesticides, micro-organisms and other chemicals from water.
Membrane Gradient Separation & Electrodialysis
Electrodialysis (ED) is a process controlled by an electric field gradient that allows the separation of minerals
from feed water solution.
It moves dissociated ions through ion-permselective membranes and forms two different flows
- desalinated flow called diluate and a concentrated flow called concentrate
(brine).
Traditional Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination processes commonly yields approximately 50% clean water and a equivalent volume
of a solution with an elevated salinity content.
One responsible method of managing this residual concentrated brine may be Thermal Purification.
This approach has the potential to increase the yield of clean water while capturing the potential recovery of valuable
resources
while reducing or eliminating undesirable discharge.
Ultra Violet Sterilization
UV Lamp Disinfectant.
Ultraviolet water purification can be used for disinfecting bacteria from the water.
Ultraviolet (UV) rays penetrate harmful pathogens killing living organisms in the water
like bacteria, viruses and other harmful pathogens microbes.
Thermal Purification
The process of forced evaporation or distillation is a method that separates
clean water
from
residual materials.
The thermal process involves the
Input
of heat, applied to an impure source of water,
past the boiling point that results in producing
Steam,
and then
Converting
the water vapor back into liquid water.
Clean Water
The clean water recovered from a Thermal Purification process (distilled water) may become a raw feedstock or be blended with
natural waters that are suitable as drinking water for potable consumption, hygiene, irrigation or industrial water uses.
Residual Materials
The residue generated from the
thermal reduction
process becomes a primary condensed feedstock
for first stage entry into a proper
residuals management
process.
The extraction of materials that may include valuable or strategic
minerals
and
metals
is the primary goal of
a comprehensive resource recovery program.
Energy Input
The Thermal Purification (Distillation) of Water is an Energy Intense process.
The traditional linear approach to desalination and waste waster treatment has relied upon the use of
Fossil Fuels
which have faced Two major challenges posed by the economic cost and environmental impact of the energy generation.
A more circular method of thermal water purification may be developed with the evolution of technologies such as
concentrated solar
or sustainably sourced electric arc or induction heat.
With these alternative sources of energy you may be able to produce clean water from waste water streams
with little or no direct CO2 emissions.
Steam Stage
In the pathway to recovering clean water through the Thermal Purification process you produce
steam
as an intermediate stage by-product or side stream.
The potential opportunity to
harvest energy
from steam may be harnessed to generate green electricity.
Condensing Stage
Options to perform different methods of converting water vapor (steam) back into liquid water during the cooling process exist.
Some procedures or
condensing systems possess the potential to harness kinetic energy derived from the
condensing forces to drive a pump.
Steam driven condensing pumps have the ability to pump water or may be used as a component in a hydro electric generation system.
In addition, Steam driven condensing pumps may power an air compression system that converts ambient atmospheric air
into a compressed air energy storage system.
Water Rethink
A Rethink of the importance of water quality and the approach to Thermal Water Purification. We may be capable of
conserving or better managing a strategic valuable resource in a CO2 neutral method.
In addition, we may be able to achieve the supply of
clean water
in a net energy neutral process with a potential
of actually generating surplus energy.
Check-out a
Novel
Approach to Waste Recovery.
Water Regeneration
Clean fresh water is a perpetual renewable resource obtained by
blending hydrogen and oxygen.
.
Water generation or regeneration is a method to achieve a sustainable cycle of life.
The recovery of
Hydrogen
and
Oxygen
that is sourced from waste
hydrocarbons
and undesirable
oxides
and byproducts
is an integral step to maintaining environmental equilibrium.
Hydrogen Fuel
The production of
Hydrogen fuel
from a finite resource like water may not prove to be optimal.
Water Trade
If you wish to buy or sell Water compounds, please feel free to
ADD
your own Buy or Sell inquiry
to the online Water exchange.
The WetStuff Exchange (WSE) is a neutral platform that directly connects Water buyers and sellers
and has operated online since 1995.
