Cloud farms

[fifi]

Translated by Google.http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=271604

Not a great translation....sorry.


The first devices will be installed in the fall and the rest in spring. The atrapanubes capture atmospheric water and irrigate the land directly. The aim is to restore the indigenous flora of the mountain of Rosa del Taro, although drinking water conveniently.


The farm of clouds of Rosa del Taro (Puerto del Rosario) will begin providing water in the autumn months, when installing the first devices to trap atmospheric moisture. The project is led by Rafael Beneytez, professor at the School of Architecture and Technology, University Camilo Jose Cela, requires an investment of between 150,000 and 170,000 euros, the financing will depend on the aforementioned academic institution, foundations and technical consulting Z4Z4AAA project.

The first three parts are installed in the fall and the rest in spring. A total of 43 will be located on the side of the Rosa del Taro. The humidity will be captured through a device known popularly as atrapanubes, consisting of metal structures whose shapes are inspired by nature, and are responsible to catch the water from the atmosphere through a special fabric that is derived from directly into the ground or towards a storage tank for later use.

In an area that meets suitable weather conditions, such as Rosa del Taro, each of the 43 devices could capture around 1,500 liters of water per week. The idea is that the water obtained is used to regenerate the soil with native flora and, once recovered the ground, the devices could be removed because the plants themselves through their leaves that task of collecting atmospheric water. Atrapanubes each having a diameter of 2.5 meters and a height of 1.3 meters.

The atrapanubes can be installed even on the roofs of the houses and the resulting water is safe to drink. Although a farm of clouds, which involves the installation of between 27 and 43 atrapanubes is suitable especially for isolated houses near a mountain and you have room, get to amortize the cost of water a year.

Auxiliary industry. The proposed farm clouds of Rosa del Taro has been recently submitted to the Ministry of Environment of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and, according to its promoters, has been well received among technicians and political representatives. Today it is common to think that renewable energy, at least in significant part, is the economic future of the island because it will mean the creation of many jobs. However, as explained by Professor Rafael Beneytez, also called the garden of clouds not only atmospheric water trap, but its existence will create a parallel industry aid in the island, which is related to the maintenance of the different elements make the atrapanubes: fabrics, poles, cables, etc..

[Captain Sensible]

They tried these cloud catchers a few years ago at various high points on the island, but they fell into disrepair.

Hopefully, they'll have better luck this time.

[fifi]

I hope so Captain. It is an interesting idea.