Solaqua- water purifier uses UV rays and solar thermal to disinfect water
Many peoples of the entire world suffer from lack of clean water. This water purifier could be the perfect solution, saving a lots of lives. Jason Lam is the product designer form the University of New South Wales which has designed this product called Solaqua. His invention is a water purifier that uses solar thermal and UV rays, providing up to 10 liters of safe drinking water.
Solaqua utilizes infrared and ultraviolet rays from the sun to eliminate pathogens present in contaminated water. Non-potable water is initially passed through a sari cloth to improve the efficiency of solar water disinfection. Then a five tap funnel fills five specially designed bottles to obtain 10 liters of water. These five bottles are then spread on the ground to allow maximum sun exposure. The interior of these bottles are reflective to reflect UV rays within the bottle, while the surface of these bottles is black to absorb more heat.
Sherene Grace says:
May 27th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Hi there,
We’ve noticed this product concept from the 2009 Australian Design Award-James Dyson Award has caught your interest and we wanted to say thank you for the write up.
Just to give you a quick update, this project is now one of thirteen Australian product concepts that have made it through into the global James Dyson Award- a competition that spans 21 countries to identify the best young inventors from around the world. From 16 June – 12 July 2009, your readers can vote for this project or another entry in the James Dyson Award on http://www.jamesdysonaward.org. FYI- From each country, the project which receives the most votes will get an automatic entry as a shortlist and the chance to win the grand prize of £10,000 for themselves and another £10,000 for their university!
Shanon says:
June 30th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Hi there,
We’ve noticed this product concept from the 2009 Australian Design Award-James Dyson Award has caught your interest and we wanted to say thank you for the write up.
Just to give you a quick update, this project is now one of thirteen Australian product concepts that have made it through into the global James Dyson Award- a competition that spans 21 countries to identify the best young inventors from around the world. From now through till the 20th July 2009, your readers can vote for this project or another entry in the James Dyson Award on http://www.jamesdysonaward.org. FYI- From each country, the project which receives the most votes will get an automatic entry as a shortlist and the chance to win the grand prize of £10,000 for themselves and another £10,000 for their university!