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Though water-purification technology has continued to improve, facilities generally require large, energy-hungry machines, and are most often based in metropolitan areas. On Tuesday, June 22nd Philadelphia’s Waterworks hosted a demonstration of a potential solution, the HYDRA, called “the world’s first mobile solar hydrogen powered water purification and community energy station system.” The mobile HYDRA unit uses solar energy both to run the purification unit and to electrolyze the water to produce excess hyrdogen. This can be stored for additional purifying power after the sun goes down or used as fuel for a stove, for instance.
HYDRA spokesman Rob Stuart stressed that the HYDRA can process 20,000 gallons a day, “physically removing virus and bacteria, rather than just treating it.” Stuart also stated that the Waterworks site was chosen specifically because “Philadelphia’s waterworks made history in the 1850s, and this is set to make history as well.” With a working prototype and scalable production plans, the Pennsylvania-based company Essential Elements is looking to manufacture the HYDRA locally.
Written by dan on 07/08/2010 in Blog | Philadelphia
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