🇬🇧 Sea Water Desalination Plant – Hoyer
Principle, Structure, Operation and Energy Supply World Innovation (Global Disclosure)
Date: September 10, 2025 Author: Eric Hoyer
1) Core Principle
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Working Medium: Steam
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Geometry: Towers with vertical tube bundles, allowing wide steam distribution
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Operation Focus: Nighttime, utilizing natural cooling for condensation
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Goal: High potable water yield through simple, durable, and modular design
2) System Structure (Towers & Tubes)
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Modular tower units, each with ~7 m tube length, base area 1–2 m²
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Tube bundles made of corrosion-resistant materials; demisters to prevent salt carryover
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Thermal gradient: Highest temperature at the base, decreasing upward
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Optional vacuum operation to lower boiling point, enabling gentler cycles
3) Operating Mode (Night, Cycles, 3-Tower Rotation)
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Night window: ~10 hours (23:00–09:00)
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Cycle time: ~15 minutes → 40 cycles/night per tower
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3 towers in rotation: 120 cycles/night total
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Thermal path: Evaporation → steam distribution → condensation via night cooling → potable water extraction
“The large tube length and modular design create an enormous condensation surface, far exceeding conventional systems. This optimizes night cooling and significantly increases water yield.”
4) Base Output & Scalability
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Reference setup: 3 towers, 7 m tubes, 1–2 m² base → ~120 m³/day
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Coverage: ~2,400 people at 50 L/person/day
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Scalability: via number of towers, tube length, and base area
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Expansion: modular, without major downtime
5) Energy Supply & Integration
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Solar thermal energy for evaporation
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PV, wind, hydro, surplus grid energy for drives, vacuum, valves, control
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Night cooling as key efficiency factor
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Optional: solid-state heat/cold storage for phase balancing
6) Durability, Maintenance, Environment
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Design life: 100–200 years
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Maintenance: sectional tube bundles, replaceable and cleanable
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Brine management: controlled discharge or reuse, no salt in product water
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Site selection: coastal, flood-safe, optimized for night airflow
7) Public Disclosure (Legal Status)
This document publicly discloses the technology and system principle. It is now part of the global technical knowledge base. Entities may adapt and scale the concept.
Summary
Three towers with 7 m tubes and 1–2 m² base each yield ~120 m³/day. Operated at night, powered by solar/PV/wind/hydro, and modularly expandable. A robust, scalable solution without costly mega-infrastructure.
Personal Closing Statement
I, Eric Hoyer (79 years old), hereby release this invention and desalination method to the global public – in a time when millions suffer from lack of drinking water.
I have received no financial support for my work. On the contrary, even my comprehensive energy transition solutions have faced persistent obstruction. (see: erfindungen-verfahren.de)
Eric Hoyer
September 10, 2025