Science Explains How Evaporation Can Be The Next Renewable Energy Source!
What if the game changer of energy has been evaporating right under our noses! We normally think of solar panels and wind turbines for sustainable sources of power, however it does not end there.
According to Columbia University scientists, one untapped energy source may be the massive amount of water continually evaporating from the world's lakes and reservoirs.
The Energy Retrieval
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The Prototypes Shaping The Future
"Our artificial muscle absorbs water evaporating from the surface of the lake," says chemical engineer and study lead author Ahmet-Hamdi Cavusoglu, via email. "As it absorbs water, the muscle swells and expands."
"When the muscle absorbs all the possible water, the shutters above the muscle open so that water can evaporate into the air from the muscle. As the water leaves the muscle, the muscle shrinks, pulling at a turbine to generate energy, similar to a rower on a rowing machine pulling at the turbine."
"Bacterial spores typically exist in dry places, when spores see moisture around itself it absorbs some of that moisture, in turn the spore gets bigger and when it finds a dry environment it shrinks again." claims Oscar, one of the head scientists at Columbia University working on the development of this technology.
may power the future.
Only Just Begun
As of now, this technology has only been tested in a laboratory setting, there is far more research and development ahead before the technology could be scaled up to and become a major source of electricity.
"First, better and bigger materials need to be made that can effectively harness energy from evaporation," says Cavusoglu.
"Currently, the Sahin lab is researching how to make better spore-based materials and building larger engine prototypes. We hope to see larger prototypes being demonstrated in the next few years."
What do you think? Could evaporation be the game changer for renewable energy?
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Great post thank you for the insight. I'm looking forward to this event great!!!
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Great technology, seems kinda limited to small objects, tho
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What an interesting post!.. I enjoyed it a lot! @chron