Hanson deep bore water production system for mountainous coastal environments
View Patent ↗Mountainous coastal regions with consistent high humidity and consistent temperatures provide an opportunity to farm the atmosphere for water. The present invention, utilizing simple tools such as a compressor, a length of copper tubing, and a Tesla turbine takes advantage of geothermal cooling and gravity to power the major parts of the invention. In the invention compressed humid air is sent along a tube buried four feet underground where the ambient temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The tube is canted at a 45-degree angle along the slope of a hill or mountainside and gravity pulls the water from the walls and as it accumulates, accelerates the water, and as the water it exits the Tesla turbine at the far end of the tube it generates electricity which can be used to partially power the compressor.
1 . A water production system comprised by an air compressor, a length of narrow gauge copper tubing inclined at a 45 degree angle and buried at least four feet below the surface to take advantage of geothermal cooling and wherein moist air is compressed at the top of the tubing, that compressed air travels the length of the tubing releasing water vapor via condensation and where the incline of the tubing accelerates the condensed water via gravity towards the far end of the tube where it passes through a Tesla turbine which can translate that gravity accelerated water and/or pressurized air into rotational motion which in turn can power an electrical generator the electricity from which is ported back to the air compressor to reduce the energy requirements of the system.
2 . An iteration of 1 where a larger bore tunnel is used also at four feet or greater of subsurface depth, canted at an angle, and the inside circumference of the tunnel is coated with copper plating and wherein the compressor in 1 is substituted with an industrial fan or wind-tunnel style turbine which pushes air into the tunnel and as humid air travels down the length of the tunnel water condenses on the walls, flows to a channel on the floor, and at the far end is pumped to the surface.
3 . A water production system comprised by an air compressor positioned on top of a house or building, copper tubing is wound around structural members or embedded within masonry or embedded inside insulation to provide lower temperatures and promote condensation in the copper tubing, wherein moist air is compressed at the top of the copper tubing, travels the copper tubing releasing water vapor via condensation and where the condensed water passes through a Tesla turbine in a basement or at the ground level of the building to recapture energy and transmits that energy back to the air compressor to reduce the energy requirements of the system and where the resulting water is sent to potable water systems, filtration, or to a sewage system for later reclamation.