Esta tecnología surgió del trabajo realizado para la NASA sobre el reciclaje de aguas residuales en la Estación Espacial Internacional. iThrone de cWL es un inodoro que reduce los desechos para proporcionar un saneamiento limpio y seguro en lugares donde las personas no pueden tirar la cadena. Utiliza 2 tecnologías con patente pendiente para deshacerse de los desechos en el sitio: (a) un material evaporativo que rápidamente encoge los desechos humanos al convertir ~ 90-95% en vapor de agua puro; (b) una batería biológica alimentada por la orina que convierte la orina en electricidad. El 50% de la población mundial vive sin inodoros limpios y seguros, porque vive en lugares sin alcantarillado. Para ampliar el acceso a un saneamiento limpio y seguro, necesitamos una nueva forma de “descargar” que no necesite plomería.
change:WATER Labs (cWL) has developed a new way to dispose of human waste – by evaporating out the water! This technology emerged from work done for NASA on wastewater recycling on the International Space Station, and is now being deployed in off-grid rural communities and refugee communities. Cambridge, MA change-water.com
Problem and Opportunity
50% of the world’s population lives without safe, clean toilets, because they live in places with no sewage plumbing. To expand access to safe, clean sanitation, we need a new way to “flush” that doesn’t need plumbing.
Solution
cWL’s iThrone is a waste-shrinking toilet to provide safe, clean sanitation to places where people can’t flush. It uses 2 patent-pending technologies to get rid of waste onsite: (a) an evaporative material that quickly shrinks human waste by converting ~90-95% of it into pure water vapor; (b) a pee-powered bio-battery that turns urine into electricity.
Biomimicry in Practice
cWL’s evaporative approach to “flushing” mimics how plants use evapotranspiration to pull moisture from soil, releasing it as pure molecular water through stomata on their leaves. Inspired by nature’s recycling of waste into energy, cWL’s bio-battery uses symbiotic microbes to collaboratively consume and convert urine into electricity.
Ask Nature Strategies Referenced:
- Leaf Pores Draw Water Through Plants
- Membranes Desalinate Water
- Eco-Machine Wastewater Management
- Managing Water
- Energy in Nature
- Water Vapor Harvesting
- Solar Water Still and Pump
- Stabilitech Vaccine Stabilization Technology
Project Name: change:WATER Labs
SDG: 6. Clean Water and Sanitation, 7. Affordable and Clean Energy, 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Locations: United States
Programs: Ray of Hope Prize
Years: 2020
Fuente: https://biomimicry.org
