Gravitational Energy Corporation (GEC) has introduced the Feltenberger Pendulum, a Gravity Assisted Power (GAP) machine. This hand-operated machine uses the force of gravity to help provide the power needed to operate various types of machinery. This versatile GAP machine can be applied to the generation of electricity, drilling of wells, desalinisation/filtration of water and more.
For its first application, Gravitational Energy Corporation is introducing an easy-to-use, hand-operated water pump and filtration system that needs NO fuel or electricity, making it indispensible in the wake of natural disasters and struggling third world countries. In May of 2010, the first production model was sent to earthquake-stricken Haiti.
Bob Thompson, president of the One-Life Missions Foundation has used the pump for 3 hours a day, and this provides enough drinking water for approximately 4,000 people.
A public demonstration of the GAP Feltenberger Pendulum Pump will take place on Wednesday, 15th September 2010 from 1:00pm-5:00pm in the Shady Bend Pavilion located at Water Works Park, 2025 Munroe Falls Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221. GEC will demonstrate this new GAP technology by allowing onlookers to operate the pump and process water through their system straight from the Cuyahoga River, once famous for catching on fire because of its excessive pollution.
With a burgeoning world population, the demand for safe drinking water is already one of our most critical global environmental problems.
The pendulum pump has four settings that adjust the volume and/or pressure of the water being pumped. The pump can handle high volumes at low pressure or lower volumes of water at high pressure. The higher pressure setting allows our pump to further purify water using a reverse osmosis filter system.
The optional water filtration system supplied with the pendulum pump is manufactured by Aquathin Corporation; a global leader in the water filtration industry for over thirty years. This unique filter system known as AquaShield contains a patented anti-microbial membrane that kills harmful bacteria and viruses in the water without the need of costly chemical dosing systems or UV radiation. The Feltenberger Pendulum Pump equipped with an Aquathin filtration system can be quickly transported from site to site, and its easy hand-powered operation completely eliminates the need for fuel or electricity. The durable, rugged construction makes the complete system very inexpensive to maintain.
In a TEDx WWF session held in Geneva, Switzerland, Stuart Orr talked about water which is a solvable crisis. Stuart Orr is freshwater programme director for WWF International.