- CHENNAI (ANI) -- To help
the water starved city of Chennai, a local scientist has come up with a
new method for generating water. Dr. S.S.Sivakumar has come up with a method
to convert air into water!
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- Sivakumar was able to create this surprise after three
years of hard work. His invention comes as a breather for the city in particular
and country in general. Chennai depends solely on the two-month-long northeast
monsoons for its water needs. The city gets water during the months of
October and November.
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- The three water reservoirs of the city-Red Hills, Poondi,
and Sholavaram-fill up to its capacity during the months and the excess
water flows into the sea. Although being full to its capacity, these three
are never able to meet the vast and growing water needs of the city.After
three years of hard work, Sivakumar has managed to develop an equipment
called "Akash Ganga"-which converts air into water. The process
by which the water is produced from air is called Atmospheric Moisture
Extraction System (AMES), which involves the technology for controlled
condensation of vapour from the atmosphere.
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- Humidity of the city comes as help here; humidity is
used to convert into water with the help of the machine.
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- "We created the product. Basically it functions
by drawing atmospheric air into itself and makes a little rain by reducing
its temperature to around 5 degree Celsius. When moisture particles get
heavy and drop, that water is collected and filtered and given to you as
drinking water by the machine", said Dr. S S Sivakumar, a scientist
who came out with the invention.
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- Akash Ganga offers a commercially and economically viable
source of pure water using the AMES process. The equipment can extract
up to 25 litres of pure water in 24 hours.
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- People who have bought Akash Ganga are satisfied with
its working. "I tested Akash Ganga in my house for about a week and
found that the quality of water was very good. This will be a product for
the future", said Balaji, a customer who has used Akash Ganga.
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- The equipment also works as a home cooler by reducing
the room temperature considerably. It consumes only a minimum amount of
power.
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