NEWT's Direct Solar Desalination (IMAGE)

Rice University

NEWT's Direct Solar Desalination

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This scaled-up test bed of NEWT's direct solar desalination technology uses carbon black nanoparticles that convert as much as 80 percent of sunlight energy into heat. Results from an earlier prototype showed the technology could produce as much as six liters of freshwater per hour per square meter of solar membrane.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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