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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Georges L Mougin, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
ITI Limited, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405303 ; 62260 ; 1372 / ; 62 74 ;
Abstract
To melt an iceberg once it has been brought to a tropical region where it is to act as a source of fresh water, use is made of the warm breezes of such tropical regions. Droplets of an artificial rain of cold fresh water are caused to drop through the warm air, thereby extracting heat from it. This heat is used to melt the iceberg. Preferably the cold fresh water comes from a pool of cold fresh water on the surface of the iceberg, and the artificial rain falls back into the pool. At night this method can also condense extra water from the air.