Gallery of Clean Energy Inventions Exhibit - with setup details

Okeanos WaterChip
The Okeanos WaterChip employs a newly characterized, patent-pending
micro-electrochemical process to micro-desalinate, millionths of a liter at a time,
with radical energy efficiency. Tiny microstructures are then massively paralleled
to produce useful water flows. Operation without extreme hydraulic pressures,
massive electrical currents or intense heat sources make for simple, compact
installations with small system footprint. No membranes means minimal
pretreatment required other than basic sedimentation. Elimination of the need for
chemicals, filters, treatment ponds etc. results in massive capital and effective
operational savings. Operating expense scales linearly with output rates.
No post treatment is required such as complete disinfection, de-boronation, and
heavy metals removal without the use of chemicals, which have to be added and
then removed with other technologies in expensive multi-stage processes.
Bacteria, viruses and particulates are removed as efficiently as salt, without
the use of expensive and cumbersome coagulants or chemicals.
Recent advances in microelectronics fabrication and proprietary designs
translate into capital (e.g. system purchase) expenses on par with
today’s technologies.