SWEM – EFFICIENT «GREEN» TECHNOLOGY FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND WATER FROM THE ATMOSPHERE

Thermal energy created by heating the Earth and the atmospheric air by sunlight exists in the Earth’s atmosphere in quantities many times greater than humanity’s energy needs. The authors formulated and patented the basic principles of concentration and use of this low-potential thermal energy scattered in the atmosphere. The SWEM technology proposed in the article is a way to convert this natural energy into usable electrical energy, in calculated quantities. SWEMtechnology isbasedonmechanisms that canbeobservedinsuchanaturalphenomenon as a hurricane. The SWEM module replicates the chain of transitions of aggregate states of atmospheric moisture, starting with heating the surface of the world’s oceans and evaporating water that saturates the air. The energy accumulated in the water of the sun, as a result of the chain of conversions, is converted into electricity. At the same time, as a by-product of enthalpy of cross-aggregation, fresh water is released, falling out of the air in the form of precipitation. Fresh water, like energy, is the most valuable and vital product for many people on the planet. TheSWEM water-electric module is versatile, lightweight, operationaland portable. The energy generation providing for energy or water consumption can be scaled up in the form of a synchronized battery of basic size SWEM modules or a mega-installation. SWEM modules can be placed on the ground or on the water surface, in steppe or urban landscape conditions. The technology does not require external energy sources and is absolutely green. The fundamental principles of concentration and management of the earth’s low-potential thermal energy, on which SWEM technology is based, can form the basis of a new, clean energy industry that exceeds current and future energy and water needs