OSMOSUN
Sea Water & Brackish Water
OSMOSUN - Battery-free, solar desalination solution, supplying affordable freshwater to remote communities
OSMOSUN® is a unique reverse osmosis desalination technology that continuously adapting to available sunlight to supply affordable, sustainable freshwater.
Relying on sunlight as a power source, the desalination unit is sustainable and fully independent. To produce drinking water, pressurised seawater is taken through membranes, where the reverse osmosis process takes place. Its intelligent system is specifically engineered to adapt its pump and the pace of the motor in accordance with the amount of sunlight available, which can vary widely and suddenly. All parameters are continuously and instantly optimised to ensure the best energy performance and guarantee the maximum lifetime of the installation and of its delicate membranes.
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Key features
- •Fully solar-powered, adapts to continue functioning with available sunlight, and with no battery
- •Able to desalinate water using 15% less energy compared to other advanced technologies
- •Designed for longevity in remote locations, using sturdy components and with limited maintenance needs
- •Can act as a variable load regulation appliance when in hybrid mode on weak electricity networks
Profitability
- •Pays for itself within 4-7 years, depending on local energy costs.
- •Osmosun desalination units are cost competitive as soon as the electricity cost is above 0,13€/kWh
Categories of Application
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Maturity Stage
- Medium and large scale commercialization
- Small scale commercialization
- Initial market commercialization
- Prototype testing in the real world
- Prototype testing 1:1 in the lab
Looking For
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Asia
United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Philippines,
Africa
Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Kenya, Comoros, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, R̩union, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Senegal, Somalia, French Southern Territories, Tunisia, Mayotte, South Africa,
North america
Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, Saint Barth̩lemy, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Australia
American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Nauru, Niue, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa,
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