AquaCone

The AquaCone Is a floating water purifier that distills any naturally occurring water into safe drinking water. There is no pumping involved and no filters to clog. The AquaCone Is lightweight, fully portable and makes enough for a daily supply of safe drinking water, while requiring only solar energy to power it.

The AquaCone can remove a vast range of contaminates, and has no moving parts. It can also be used at night to distill water from sufficiently warm source water. It can also be used when steam is created from a heated water source, such as a when heated rocks are placed in a pot of water.



Why Does The World Need An AquaCone Distiller?

Most of us take a safe water supply for granted. However, when disaster strikes, clean water is the most fragile of all resources. Whether as the result of an earthquake, hurricane, flood, biological or technological crisis, the risk of contaminated water supplies is very real.

Untreated water will expose you to diseases such as Giardia, Cholera or Hepatitis. Alternative water sources, such as lakes and streams, can commonly carry diseases as well. Solar distillation is natures way of recycling water through the ecosystem, also known as "natures water cycle".

Combining lightweight durability with convenient, compact portability, the AquaCone is able to distill virtually any water, anywhere, to provide a safe and reliable source of drinking water. It is a unique device that can use the sun to evaporate water from almost any source. The AquaCone has no moving parts to break and no filters to clog, and requires no fuel or electricity. Once set up, it does not need constant monitoring.

By providing third world countries a solar powered personal water distiller, fewer people will get sick and die from drinking contaminated water. Fewer forests will be devastated by populations that cut trees to burn wood for boiling water.

The AquaCone is a necessary addition to any boating kit, survival pack, or disaster preparedness kit. When collapsed, its rolled up size is just 21” Long by 6” in diameter and weighs less than 5 pounds. The condensing cone is made out of durable and UV protected polyurethane film.

The AquaCone is literally a lifesaver in any situation where only salty or polluted water is available. It is capable of removing a very wide variety of contaminates including biological pathogens, heavy metals, salts, and other chemicals. This is an important feature, due to its ability to produce purified water from water which has unknown levels and types of pollutants.

The AquaCone™ Design

The AquaCone is designed to float on any water source and may be used on oceans, lakes, or pools. It even has the ability to evaporate water from green plant material or damp earth, and also condense distilled water from any source of steam.

The AquaCone is designed to purify water directly from the source. It operates by floating on a body of contaminated water, using the sun to evaporate and purify it. The AquaCone utilizes the same water purification cycle found in nature-evaporation, condensation, and precipitation-driven by the energy of the sun.

The AquaCone condenser is constructed of extremely tough and flexible polyurethane film. This material is approved for potable water storage by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is specially formulated to resist damage from the suns ultraviolet rays.

The AquaCone comes in two parts, a condensing cone assembly and an inflatable-insulating floor. The cone assembly consists of a transparent cone welded to an integrated support tube and clean water collection pocket. The inflatable floor has an evaporative wick attached to its top surface.

The floor sits underneath the cone and is composed of an inflatable insulator attached to an evaporative surface which is kept warm by insulating it from the source water.

When gently dropped on a body of water the AquaCone’s dome inflates itself, supported by the air pressure inside. Under windy conditions support poles may be added.

How Does It Work?

The AquaCone uses only the power of the sun. Set it out, and let it go. The unique design not only captures the energy of the sun during the day, but at night as well. The temperature difference between sun-warmed water and cool night air is exploited to produce yet more water —up to a liter or more, over and above normal daytime production.