[A team of researchers at the University of Texas has invented a machine that uses roses to collect and purify water. This new method will greatly improve upon previous methods.The machine is a new solar mechanism and is improved in many ways over other devices that work on the same principle. These devices are expensive, take up a lot of space, and ultimately do not even produce the results that scientists expect. However, this new invention will bring positive change. [Donglei Fan, head of the research team at the University of Texas, said he was inspired by roses. The device resembles petals connected to a “stem,” a tube that carries untreated water. The flower collects and holds it.
In addition, the team managed to build a prototype with lightweight and, more importantly, inexpensive materials. According to Don Gray Huang, each flower costs only two cents. The biggest advance is productivity, producing more than one gallon of water per square meter, per hour. Scientists were looking for a better way to use solar technology until they came across black paper coated with polypyrrole. This type of polymer is one of the most efficient polymers for converting sunlight into heat. [But finding the right shape took a long time. The team tried many methods, but none of them worked as well as they would have liked. Fortunately, Fan Donglei, who had read Alexander Dumas\’ book The Black Tulip, discovered it. [11] There she built a model of a rose, and the result was finally successful. Polypyrrole absorbed sunlight better, and its shape provided more space for the vapor to evaporate from the material.
According to Dr. Weigu Li, lead author of the paper, the device serves as a link between the low-pressure pump and the collected water. This makes sedimentation more efficient. Of course, the device also includes a clean glass container for the liquid.
In the future, this innovation is bound to produce the desired results. Without the books already mentioned, this invention would not have been possible. It might have been, but it would not have been as effective as it is today. It is interesting that a mere coincidence could help create something so important.