Vacuum activated power tower

An apparatus for extracting useful energy from atmospheric air comprising:

• a) a vertical tower through which liquid flows upward, said vertical tower being capped with a covered header and seated in an open tank comprising a bottom,
• wherein
• i) the vertical tower further comprises at least one bottom opening through which liquid enters;
• and
• ii) the covered header has a removable cover;
• b) a liquid inlet manifold attached to the open tank, through which liquid enters the open tank;
• c) a liquid overflow fitting attached to the open tank, through which liquid exits the open tank;
• d) a horizontal catch basin for holding water, in which the open tank sits, and into which liquid flows from the liquid overflow fitting, wherein said catch basin further comprises a drain;
• e) a plurality of vertical scavenger columns, each comprising a scavenger header, and each connected to the vertical tower via conduits and spaced around the covered header, through which liquid flows in a downward direction;
• f) a plurality of downflow columns, connected to the vertical tower via conduits and spaced around the covered header, through which liquid flows in a downward direction,
• wherein said plurality of scavenger columns and the plurality of downflow columns extend downward so as to penetrate the open tank bottom and protrude into the catch basin below a drain level within the catch basin;
• g) a plurality of micro-bubble diffusers extending into the liquid flowing in the downward direction, being of the same number as the number of the plurality of downflow columns,
• wherein:
• iii) each of said plurality of downflow columns comprises a micro-bubble diffuser mounted therein;
• and
• iv) every micro-bubble diffuser further comprises an inlet nozzle;
• h) a vacuum priming system which initially fills the vertical tower and each of the plurality of scavenger columns and downflow columns with liquid;
• i) a vacuum powered motor;
• and
• j) a vacuum flow line connecting the inlet nozzles of said plurality of micro-bubble diffusers to the vacuum motor.