Patent CA-2849656-A1 (CA)
Inventor: VOON GERARD
IPC: C02F1/44
Filed: 2014-04-23
Abstract: Proposal: Experts claim clean/fresh water is more valuable than oil and gas. Water is constantly consumed (high need regardless with no choice)... Every man, woman and child consumes it and it has become scarcer and scarcer ¨ Global Water Crisis (as the source ie. The Himalayas glaciers for the Mekong and Ganges; Arctic, droughts and lack of clean/fresh/drinkable water in Parts of Africa, Australia, China, India, Mexico, Middle East, Singapore, Texas, New Mexico, California...see APPENDIX I - Water Crisis According to BBC Report (enclosed). We are the only affordable producer using seemingly limitless amounts of clean/fresh water for bottling, drinking, agriculture...any all farming and industrial purposes. Every human being has no choice but to use clean/fresh water. The demand is only increasing and clean/fresh water is only dwindling. The size of the market is 7 billion mouths to feed and only increasing. How Our Technology Works: Part of the design can be to build very strong (possibly) unibody skeletons...use anchors on short connection to the skeleton and the skeleton covered membranes (such as reverse osmosis membrane/ultra/nano membranes), we just wait for filtered/clean/desalinated water to fill theses containers.  Use the natural underwater pressure to force fill the membrane filter container. This invention can be used for any and all cheap pressure/vacuum circumstances... We can equip a waterproof with leak proof hose fittings and suck out the clean/fresh filtered water inside the membrane covered covered containers, sucking out at same rate as filling (or faster but allow slight down time to allow filtered water to fill until suction can optimally suck again. Using the hose (doesn't have the large downtime of the alternative that is to bring the containers top side to empty (as batch becomes full)...a process that becomes unwieldy and disruptive when the containers are being deployed non stop all day long, every day for years. The entire membrane (reverse osmosis; ultra filtration; nano filtration) can be made into a bag in the dimensions of the skeleton inside and seal the open end (ie. flap) with strong water tight/proof adhesive. We may use zip straps to provide snug extra support .     To expose the bottom of the container membrane we should suspend the container...we use a very thick rope (to a buoy; any all flotation device) ¨ size depends on size-weight of the container (since the oceans/sea are so large and our material does not hurt the environment, we can make the containers of indefinite size (scale/capacity), with equally needed size buoys with perhaps platforms, barges and flat bottom vessel like the Vancouver Sea Bus which would be stabler (so the rope and the suspended container as well pulls on the anchor is spared constant pulling then slack then pulling then slack. and harder to rock from side to side like regular boat hulls flat waterproof vessels and/or flotation devices can be pulled from one side to to the other without taking on water even if it is temporarily submerged but also ships (that drain the tanks of filtered water) that are stored and can be transported by moving vessel and/or pipeline. The thick rope can be attached to the straps (via a loop...ie. Mountain climbers' buckle possibly thicker) that tie around the container (for extra support that prevent the container from being torn apart in event of strong ie. underwater currents on the container. If there are many containers and/or very large one, and we can also tie more thick ropes (attached strategically located loops on the many and/or giant containers) to multiple flotation devices that can be secured/attached To prevent heavy chained container down to anchor from dragging down the the container...we can build the line from the container down to the anchor with very thick rope(s). Cleaning of used membrane is simple (long lasting ¨ durable - , delicate and tool that can handle easy versus difficult to clean blockages of the membrane pores...ie. Janitorial mop tops, microfiber and car wash sponge, car wash hanging materials, brush (varying strength and length) and/or biodegradable detergent. Among other possible options for skeleton/frame of containers...include bicycle frames, carbon graphite, hollow steel, thick aluminum, solid steel (lined with water proof lining to last longer from corrosion), also thick plastic (ie. plastic sticks used for gardening or kites only thicker) and/or crab trap material except vary from small customers to indefinite large scale) Possible pipe with thicker walls to withstand optimal pressure to force raw water (ie. sea water and/or water with filterable ¨ most any polluted water -) through the membrane filtering out the non clean elements out of the water inside the container. A hollow tube/pipe for frames has just the same metal thickness as solid bars over the same length but the hollow tube/pipes have air trapped inside to make it lighter. Materials (note need check strength-to-weight ratio) for the container frame/skeleton include steel (possible lugged construction) or air hardening high temperature welding both TIG & MIG, also welded, aluminum alloys (ie. commercial airliners' quality) ¨ connected together with Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, titanium joined by Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW or TIG), carbon fiber (corrosion resistant including monocoque construction and metallic boron and even mix in kevlar fibers into the carbon weaves, thermoplastic possibly mixed with carbon fiber embedded into the thermoplastic frames, magnesium frames, scandium (toxic), beryllium, bamboo (susceptible to mold), Wood (too expensive), Combinations... Selling Point: Many, even seemingly never able to use up large bodies like oceans/seas have the depth (for range of good pressures) to force undesirable/undrinkable water through the filter membrane into the containment reservoir inside. We are by far the cheapest in equipment than all other water filters since we use the oceans' and seas' natural underwater depth natural pressure (cost of pressure makes all other competing technologies unfeasible).     Target Market: 1. Premium Brand we can guarantee from source water that is toxic free but we make it drinkable by desalination. 2. Secondary Brand used clean up 91% to 99% of contaminants from water. We could also build pipelines and platforms for long term infrastructure to transport large scale water to usage sites. Type of Business: We supply the cheapest, cleanest -even guaranteed, seemingly limitless water production. Main Objective: To supply the cheapest cleanest/fresh for everybody worldwide.  Management Background: Mr. Gerard Voon, B.Comm, I have been Awarded as executives, businesses and entrepreneurs of the Year from Worldwide Accreditation Organization. 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APPENDIX I - Global Water Crisis Fact & Figures Facts and Figures 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation (2002, UNICEF/WHO JMP 2004) 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases. 3 900 children die every day from water borne diseases (WHO 2004) Daily per capita use of water in residential areas:  - 350 litres in North America and Japan - 200 litres in Europe - 10-20 litres in sub-Saharan Africa Over 260 river basins are shared by two or more countries mostly without adequate legal or institutional arrangements. Quantity of water needed to produce 1 kg of: - wheat: 1 000 L  - rice: 1 400 L - beef: 13 000 L     (D.Zimmer,and D.Renault, 2003) Resources / Supply By water resources, we mean all the water available for human use, namely domestic use, agriculture, industry. By water supply, we mean water that has been treated and has become drinking water. The poorer the country, the smaller the difference, as people often drink water without treatment. As long as the country develops, the management of water resources in general differs from the one of drinking water.     APPENDIX II - Global Water Crisis According to BBC Report: BBC .cndot.    Home .cndot.    News .cndot.    Sport .cndot.    Radio .cndot.    TV .cndot.    Weather Part of the design can be to build very strong (possibly) unibody skeletons...use anchors on short connection to the skeleton and the skeleton covered membranes (such as reverse osmosis membrane/ultra/nano membranes), we just wait for filtered/clean/desalinated water to fill theses containers. Use the natural underwater pressure to force fill the membrane filter container. This invention can be used for any and all cheap pressure/vacuum circumstances... not only in deep water but space and and industrial high heat into high heat pressure ie. smelters...also Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells and Solar Concentrators. Date: Sunday July 7th, 2013 Title: Underwater Pressure Containers Surrounded by Membranes (UPCSM) Amendment 1 (UPCSM) We can equip a waterproof with leak proof hose fittings and suck out the clean/fresh filtered water inside the membrane covered covered containers, sucking out at same rate as filling (or faster but allow slight down time to allow filtered water to fill until suction can optimally suck again. Using the hose (doesn't have the large downtime of the alternative that is to bring the containers top side to empty (as batch becomes full)...a process that becomes unwieldy and disruptive when the containers are being deployed non stop all day long, every day for years. Date: Sunday July 7th, 2013 Title: Underwater Pressure Containers Surrounded by Membranes (UPCSM) Amendment 2 (UPCSM) The entire membrane (reverse osmosis; ultra filtration; nano filtration) can be made into a bag in the dimensions of the skeleton inside and seal the open end (ie. flap) with strong water tight/proof adhesive. We may use zip straps to provide snug extra support . Date: Monday July 8th, 2013 Title: Underwater Pressure Containers Surrounded by Membranes (UPCSM) Amendment 3 (UPCSM) To expose the bottom of the container membrane we should suspend the container...we use a very thick rope (to a buoy; any all flotation device) ¨ size depends on size-weight of the container (since the oceans/sea are so large and our material does not hurt the environment, we can make the containers of indefinite size (scale/capacity), with equally needed size buoys with perhaps platforms, barges and flat bottom vessel like the Vancouver Sea Bus which would be stabler (so the rope and the suspended container as well pulls on the anchor is spared constant pulling then slack then pulling then slack. and harder to rock from side to side like regular boat hulls flat waterproof vessels and/or flotation devices can be pulled from one side to to the other without taking on water even if it is temporarily submerged but also ships (that drain the tanks of filtered water) that are stored and can be transported by moving vessel and/or pipeline. The thick rope can be attached to the straps (via a loop...ie. Mountain climbers' buckle possibly thicker) that tie around the container (for extra support that prevent the container from being torn apart in event of strong ie. underwater currents on the container. If there are many containers and/or very large one, and we can also tie more thick ropes (attached strategically located loops on the many and/or giant containers) to multiple flotation devices that can be secured/attached To prevent heavy chained container down to anchor from dragging down the the container...we can build the line from the container down to the anchor with very thick rope(s). Cleaning of used membrane is simple (long lasting ¨ durable - , delicate and tool that can handle easy versus difficult to clean blockages of the membrane pores...ie. Janitorial mop tops, microfiber and car wash sponge, car wash hanging materials, brush (varying strength and length) and/or biodegradable detergent. Among other possible options for skeleton/frame of containers...include bicycle frames, carbon graphite, hollow steel, thick aluminum, solid steel (lined with water proof lining to last longer from corrosion), also thick plastic (ie. plastic sticks used for gardening or kites only thicker) and/or crab trap material except vary from small customers to indefinite large scale) Possible pipe with thicker walls to withstand optimal pressure to force raw water (ie. sea water and/or water with filterable ¨ most any polluted water -) through the membrane filtering out the non clean elements out of the water inside the container. Date: Monday July 8th, 2013 Title: Underwater Pressure Containers Surrounded by Membranes (UPCSM) Amendment 4 (UPCSM) A hollow tube/pipe for frames has just the same metal thickness as solid bars over the same length but the hollow tube/pipes have air trapped inside to make it lighter. Date: Monday July 8th, 2013 Title: Underwater Pressure Containers Surrounded by Membranes (UPCSM) Amendment 5 (UPCSM) Materials (note need check strength-to-weight ratio) for the container frame/skeleton include steel (possible lugged construction) or air hardening high temperature welding both TIG & MIG, also welded, aluminum alloys (ie. commercial airliners' quality) ¨ connected together with Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, titanium joined by Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW or TIG), carbon fiber (corrosion resistant including monocoque construction and metallic boron and even mix in kevlar fibers into the carbon weaves, thermoplastic possibly mixed with carbon fiber embedded into the thermoplastic frames, magnesium frames, scandium (toxic), beryllium, bamboo (susceptible to mold), Wood (too expensive), Combinations... Amendment 6 (UPCSM) Very thick rubber balloons (inner tubes) any all most optimal materials can be located above the water trap...  That are remotely connected to compressed air tanks. Then very infrequently when the water trap needs servicing we release gas into balloon and drop the empty tanks to the floor...  Also we can anchor using large sand bags then detach the line to bottom leaving any all anchors and/or sand bags and/chunks of concrete -designed to help ocean life (that provide place for coral and or ocean life to thrive on) on the water floor. This system is cheaper than motorized rising and/or winching up the water trap from high pressure depths Gerard Voon, B.Comm gvoon@shaw.ca