giant towers proposed to clean delhi\'s toxic smog

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They look like something in a sci-fi movie: industrial boulders in the Blade Runner, or Mars pods in World War II.
\"But in fact, these huge towers are looming on the skyline of Delhi, India, and landed in good faith.
\"Smog project\" designed by Dubai\"
The construction company, based in the Znera Space, is the world\'s most ambitious proposal for clean airPolluting cities.
Citizens of Delhi are at the forefront of the smog crisis.
During a particularly bad period in late 2017, the air quality was so poor that breathing was equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day.
According to the World Health Organization, the top 20 cities in India
As far as pm2. 5 is concerned, polluted cities around the world. 5 levels --
Atmospheric particles less than 0. 0025mm (0. 000098 inches)
The smallest and most dangerous size of air pollution.
On a global scale, the impact of air pollution on health is profound.
About 4.
In 2016, 2 million people were killed, related to three.
According to recent research, there are 2 million new cases of diabetes each year, and they can damage cognitive ability.
The haze project was shortlisted for the World Construction Festival 2018 award in the category \"future experimental projects\" because of the \"proposal to challenge traditional thinking \".
\"This is the beginning of a dialogue,\" said Najmus Chowdhry, chief architect of the concept . \".
Jaudhry, who grew up in Chandigarh, about 150 miles north of Delhi, likened the capital to a \"gas chamber,\" but politically, \"Everyone is shirking responsibility.
\"The rendering of the Moolchand flyover in Delhi, the background is an air filter tower.
Credit: Znera Space & R-
Codec practice leading to smoke-
Biomass combustion, industrial and transport emissions, among other things-
He believes that this is a slow process that may take generations to complete.
With the further growth of the economy, there are some disadvantages: according to the report of the 775% International Energy Agency, India\'s car ownership is expected to increase by 2016 by 2040, while according to KPMG, the market share of public transport is declining.
Research shows that air pollution makes us more stupid, \"the situation at hand is so serious that it needs a top-level
\"Added Chowdhury.
The smog project consists of 328 feet people
Its designers say high air filtration pods, each capable of producing more than 0. 353 billion cubic feet of clean air per day, covering an area of 100 hectares.
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Dubai flows in at the bottom of the tower, draws in the air, and through the five stages of filtration ---
Including charcoal
Activated Carbon, lithium ion generator and static electricity-Charged plasma-
Capture particles in the air
The air is forced up where it passes through the photo-
Before being released into the atmosphere, the catalyst filters disinfect bacteria and viruses.
New research has found that air pollution particles found in the mother\'s placenta will be powered by solar hydrogen cells, which are distributed in the hexagonal \"flyover\" network between units ---
A tribute to British architect Sir Edwin lutyne, who in the early 20 th century drafted the urban grid plan for a district in New Delhi.
The purpose is to need the self for the power of the network. sustaining.
In addition to providing clean air, the captured carbon particle banks can continue to find uses in graphene, concrete, fertilizers, ink and water distillation, the designer said. (
India has made innovations in this area, Bangalore-
Based on the Graviky lab, produce air ink from the collected carbon particles. )
You can see the illustrations of the hexagonal tower net from above.
Credit: Znera Space & R-
CodeChowdhry describes it as a \"viable concept\" and represents 15-20 meter-high (49-66 foot)
The prototype is at the \"advanced conceptual level \".
\"Architects are negotiating with AirLabs in Copenhagen, a startup specializing in clean air technology, and Chowdhry says the company can make mock models for design.
However, the company is still looking for development funds.
In addition to exploring opportunities in India, Chowdhury said he will also focus on the UAE.
He noted that Dubai has experienced severe sandstorms in recent years and can also use the technology.
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The Dubai government encourages you to take these measures. . .
He said: \"In order to come up with such a prototype, he added that Mubadala, a developer in the city of Madar, based in Abu Dhabi, also had talks.
The scale of this design is notable, but it is still far from the only urban air filter being developed.
Dutch designer Ann Roosegarde\'s 23-
The 2016 Beijing Design Week released the Smog Free Tower, which cleans about 25 million cubic feet of air a day.
\"City Tree\" is a 13-foot by 10-foot moss-
Cultural installations in Berlin
The company claims pollution from Green City Solutions is as high as 275 trees.
Indian tourists sit on the steps outside Jama Masjid in the Old City of New Delhi on November 8, 2017, with smog.
Credit: sajjad hussain/AFP/Getty ImagesSumit Sharma, director, Division of Earth science and climate change, Institute of Energy and Resources (TERI)
In New Delhi, the proposal by the Znera was described as \"commendable\", but he expressed caution.
\"Given the limitations of this technology in dealing with large-area air pollution in Delhi, this is not the only solution we have to rely on,\" he argues . \". \"For long-term, wider-scale air-
Quality improvement requires emission mitigation measures in their respective sources.
\"Pratim bisvas, chairman of the Department of Energy, Environment and chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, also agreed.
\"Delhi needs to focus on deploying effective air pollution control technologies at the source,\" he wrote in an email to CNN . \".
He added that urban air filtration \"will play a role in the concept of neighborhood ---
The cost-effectiveness of the design of the Znera has been questioned.
Biswas, however, did not completely dismiss urban air filters, describing them as \"a secondary technique that would be good for regional air cleaning (
About four or five skyscrapers).
\"Growing Cities: The Rise of Dubai means the original goal of the Znera for a global approach to building localization,\" said Chowdhury, adding that doing so is still a big step: \"If we solve one of these areas and see what the success rate is, I think it\'s basically going to quantify how successful the whole thing is.
\"But there is still a long way to go.
When asked about the schedule, Chowdhry estimates
Functional prototype or 2-3 years away.
The winner of the World Architecture Festival will be announced on November 28 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.