Wind Turbine Extracts Water From Air

An anonymous reader writes "Getting access to enough water to drink in a desert environment is a pretty tough proposition, but Eole Water may have solved the problem. It has created a wind turbine that can extract up to 1,000 liters of water per day from the air. All it requires is a 15mph wind to generate the 30kW's of power required for the process to happen. The end result is a tank full of purified water ready to drink at the base of each turbine."

Windtrap

[MrEricSir]

Finally, we've developed the technology to colonize Arrakis!

Dune!

[neiras]

Okay, so windtraps exist. Now to genetically-engineer me a giant worm.

New problems

[glittermage]

Now the birds will get dry eyes.

Yes, but ...

[philarete]

Will you need a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators?

Common Uncle Owen!!

[Gotung]

But I was going down to the Toshi stations to pick up some power converters!!!

So now what we really need...

[nam37]

So now what we really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.

Not really purified . . .

[Mitchell314]

Water from the air can still be contaminated with dihydrogen monoxide, a byproduct of combustion, which a lot of factories and power plants give off.

Moisture Vaporators!

[euxneks]

Uncle Owen: "What I really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators." C-3PO: "Vaporators? Sir, my first job was programming binary load lifters very similar to your vaporators in most respects."

Re:Windtrap

[Anonymous Coward]

I was just talking to my uncle Owen about the condensers on the south ridge. If I don't get them repaired by mid-day there will be hell to pay. Life is hard on a moisture farm.

Re:New problems

[Xphile101361]

So they'll have red eye flights?

Re:New problems

[FatdogHaiku]

Now the birds will get dry eyes.

We will need to squeegee them off the turbine blades in order to confirm the eyes were dry before impact...

Re:Weather implications?

[Tarlus]

But what about the 2? Is there enough 2 in the Martian atmosphere??

Re:Moisture Vaporators!

[NonUniqueNickname]

As far C-3PO knows, the binary load lifters story is true. Shortly after the conclusion of Episode III, C-3PO contracted the Tyrell Corporation to wipe its memory banks and implant the memories of another robot. C-3PO effectively has no recollection of Episodes I, II, or III. Lucky bastard.

Re:oh cool!

[Moryath]

No, they've invented vaporators.

The problem will be finding translator droids who speak Bocce.

Top Secret!

[Dave Emami]

The issue with many desalination plants is not the disposal of salts/minerals but keeping the system clean from all those salts/minerals. The issue being that salts/minerals have a tenancy to build up inside the pipes causing the system to need lots of maintenance.

Doctor Flamond: You see, a year ago, I was close to perfecting the first magnetic desalinization process so revolutionary, it was capable of removing the salt from over 500 million gallons of seawater a day. Do you realize what that could mean to the starving nations of the earth?
Nick Rivers: Wow! They'd have enough salt to last forever!

Re:oh cool!

[Anonymous Coward]

You shoot small animals for fun? That's the first indicator of a serial killer, you freak!