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The Permaculture Research Digest has summaries of newly published permaculture-related research. All items are hyper-linked to the original publication.
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Deep Seawater AC (SWAC) is an emerging technology that uses deep water for district air conditioning
purposes and can also support desalination plants and marine
permaculture. Oman is uniquely positioned to
utilize commercially-proven SWAC and also has demand for desalination
and restored fisheries that would benefit from Marine Permaculture
Arrays (MPAs). Three air conditioning systems of each 35 MW will serve
district cooling using cold input water at 4 °C, available at a depth of
1800 m. Such a SWAC system can be four to ten times more efficient
electrically than traditional air conditioning systems. The return seawater will be warmed to above 20 °C and will irrigate kelp forests and
other seaweed growing on submerged MPAs, providing habitat and food for
forage fisheries such as sardines, for example. Using SWAC systems in
conjunction with MPAs and desalination plants can mitigate climate
change and create new industries.
Deep Seawater AC (SWAC) is an emerging technology that uses deep water for district air conditioning
purposes and can also support desalination plants and marine
permaculture. Oman is uniquely positioned to
utilize commercially-proven SWAC and also has demand for desalination
and restored fisheries that would benefit from Marine Permaculture
Arrays (MPAs). Three air conditioning systems of each 35 MW will serve
district cooling using cold input water at 4 °C, available at a depth of
1800 m. Such a SWAC system can be four to ten times more efficient
electrically than traditional air conditioning systems. The return seawater will be warmed to above 20 °C and will irrigate kelp forests and
other seaweed growing on submerged MPAs, providing habitat and food for
forage fisheries such as sardines, for example. Using SWAC systems in
conjunction with MPAs and desalination plants can mitigate climate
change and create new industries.
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