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The TULIPE Project: A Mobile and Autonomous Atmospheric Water Generator of 500 Liters Per Day in the Sud Region

Airdrink designed a solution in early 2024 that demonstrates it's possible to produce fresh, pure, and mineralized water for human consumption virtually anywhere. It's mobile, energy-independent, and doesn't draw from groundwater!

The "Tulipe" project in figures :

  • Atmospheric water generator producing up to 500 liters of water per day (at 30°C and 80% humidity) from air humidity
  • 14 solar panels of 550 Wp, i.e. 7700 Wp of maximum energy production with remote-controlled opening/closing
  • 600-litre water tank
  • 5 LifePo4 Lithium batteries for 25 kWh of storage capacity, enabling the generator to produce water for up to 15 hours on a sunny day.
  • Remote monitoring of water generator and energy output

Project objectives:

  • Provide access to quality drinking water, at low cost, in a sustainable manner, and in places where there is no access to water or energy.

 

  • Demonstrate that we know how to provide pure water almost everywhere:


In France, atmospheric water generator solutions are not widely known. Airdrink is participating with the Sud Region in presenting these innovative solutions to the general public, which do not draw from groundwater sources that dry up in the summer.

Air is an infinite resource, and with a photovoltaic system, we can produce water at will and at low cost!

 

Testing the Tulipe project in the South of France at Bormes-les-mimosas summer 2024

A presentation of the project on BFMTV:
a project in collaboration with the Sud region
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In the overseas departments and territories where the hot and humid climate is conducive to optimal atmospheric water production, this device designed by airdrink would make it possible to produce quality water in quantity, with almost free green energy!

Some articles in the press:

Article MyRegionSouth
Article MadeInMarseille
Download the presentation PDF
Marseille Plan or Blue Plan
Why is this solution called "Project Tulip"?

Solar panels that deploy and retract with a remote control are reminiscent of a flower opening and closing its petals. This is how the Sud Region designated this innovative project as "Project Tulip.".

The idea is to show that with modern technologies, water can be produced from the humidity in the air almost anywhere, using decarbonized energy, as long as there is sunshine and a minimum of humidity. Providing this type of solution to municipalities experiencing water stress during the summer can be part of the answer.

It's no secret that the various state agencies are progressing very slowly on the issue, when they aren't an obvious hindrance... But in certain territories like Mayotte, these solutions are beginning to develop, given the seriousness of the situation regarding drinking water.

Yes, of course, like any demonstrator, it can always be improved, and ideas are welcome. For example, we could use solid hydrogen and fuel cells as energy, which would be a further advance. In addition, atmospheric water generators are progressing, and some new models even work in the middle of the desert, like those of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 who founded www.atoco.com.

In addition to providing water access to populations facing water stress, this would allow for water production in remote areas, such as fire cisterns in the middle of forests, street cleaning without drawing from groundwater, areas subject to prefectural orders that could use water from the air, and refilling swimming pools that lose water to evaporation. The use cases are numerous and varied, particularly in overseas departments and territories.

This is a demonstrator manufactured on demand as a single unit. By multiplying and optimizing its manufacturing, and with photovoltaic systems whose prices are in freefall, we can envision significant economies of scale.

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