Imagine an impressive sculpture in the middle of your city’s park. It’s beautiful but it’s not just for display. It recycles polluted water into a drinkable quality, it has many ports where you can charge your devices, it has a 3D printer and it also lets you connect to the Internet—all of this is powered by a built-in Solar Panel. The Watly, a 35-meter long modular structure, strives to create a functional centrepiece fitting for future communities.
Shaped in the sleek “x” of a chromosome, the Watly is packed with features that communities can take advantage of. It can purify up to three million liters of water a year without even needing to be attached to the power grid. Its long legs are wrapped in an array of photovoltaic cells that generate enough electricity to make the entire structure self-sufficient.
On top of the central unit is a solar roof with its array of 40 mono-crystalline photovoltaic panels. It has a nominal power of 10 kW and generates up to 70 kWh/day. Such an outstanding performance is obtained by maintaining the photovoltaic panels at optimal working temperature even under the hottest sunny days. Thanks to Watly’s pa-tented heat exchanger technology, the photovoltaic panels can work at their optimal nomi-nal operating cell temperature of 25ºC, even with outside temperatures of 50–90ºC. Work-ing at lower temperatures increases panel efficiency by 40–50%.
Watly generates both AC/DC currents in full compliance with all applicable standards and regulations. The energy in the form of electricity is stored in a 140 kWh internal battery. The battery’s storage capacity has been intentionally oversized, enabling the battery to cy-cle at optimal conditions and last much longer. Watly’s internal electronics are protected in a special compartment located inside the mas-ter unit (the master is one of the four thermal units, also called slaves). The compartment has an innovative temperature controlling system based on Peltier-cells. Watly’s electrical components are among the top rated on the market in terms of reliability and performance. The class of protection adopted is IP 67 and it ensures total protection against dust and water.
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