Model of An Intensive Transpiration Module of Conveyor-Type, Equivalent in Power and Size to an Average Tree

During transpiration, each tree obtains an average of about 0.7 joules of energy per second to raise soil water to the height of its canopy. In recent years, proposals have emerged for the creation of artificial transpiration devices capable of releasing the energy obtained during transpiration as a gain. The article presents a report on the development of an intensive transpiration module of conveyor type (ITMCT), designed to replicate the actions performed by trees when wetting and drying multiple capillaries. The module implements a technology for the continuous wetting and drying (in a flow mode) of a large number of plates with super-hydrophilic surfaces. The energy released during wetting is harvested as a gain. The synthesis of the ITMCT was conducted to determine the relationship between the performance (power) of device of this type and its size. In the course of synthesis, it was shown that the module is capable of producing a volume of energy not less than that of an average tree (about 0.7 watts) while remaining smaller in size. This result indicates the potential for using such device as source of clean energy. An arbitrary number of modules can be combined into module station, similar to how many trees form a forest; as a result, the power of the station can reach any given value. A report on the physical modeling of the main processes involved in the operation of the module is presented.