Rainwater harvesting system
AssigneeX Development LLC
InventorKathleen Cooper
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Abstract
A system for collection of rainwater in the open ocean may include: (a) one or more ocean-going vessels, wherein each ocean-going vessel is configured for collection and storage of rainwater, wherein each ocean-going vessel is configured to drift with surface ocean currents in order to navigate to one or more delivery locations, wherein each delivery location is on or near to a land mass; and (b) one or more delivery stations located at the one or more delivery locations, wherein each delivery station is configured to receive stored rainwater from one or more of the ocean-going vessels.
Claims18
An autonomous ocean-going vessel comprising:
- a chamber for storing cargo contained within a volume of the chamber, wherein the cargo comprises water;
- a propulsion unit;
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- a housing comprising:
- a plurality of sensors that detect at least one environmental characteristic and at least one characteristic of the cargo contained within the volume of the chamber;
- a central control system that controls a direction of travel of the chamber based on feedback provided by the plurality of sensors;
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- a power generator that provides power to the sensors and the central control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.