五分鐘前這杯水還是污泥
Over 2.5 billion people have no access to safe sanitation. We asked brilliant engineers to help us solve this problem, and one of those engineers actually proposed a solution where the waste is valuable.
超過(guò) 25 億人無(wú)法使用安全的衛(wèi)生設(shè)備。我們邀請(qǐng)杰出的工程師們來(lái)協(xié)助我們解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，而其中一位工程師真的提出一個(gè)排泄物也有價(jià)值的解決辦法。
The OmniProcessor turns sewer sludge, which is kind of nasty, into clean drinking water, electricity, and ash that is pathogen-free. This is where the sludge enters the machine. It goes up this conveyor belt. It's fed into these large tubes we called the dryer. That's where we boil the sludge.
OmniProcessor (全能處理器) 將下水道污泥，有點(diǎn)惡心的東西，變成干凈的飲用水、電力，以及無(wú)菌的灰燼。這是污泥進(jìn)入機(jī)器的地方。它上去這條輸送帶。污泥被投進(jìn)這些我們稱為干燥器的大型管子。那就是我們將污泥煮沸的地方。
And in the boiling process, we separate the water vapor from the solids. The solids are now dry, and we can feed them into the fire. Once we have this very hot fire, we can make high-pressure, high-temperature steam. And we take that steam, and we send it to a steam engine. And the steam engine drives the generator that makes electricity that we use for the processor and also excess electricity that can be delivered back to the community. The water vapor that's created in the boiling process is run through a cleaning system until we have the cleanest, purest water you can possibly imagine.
煮沸過(guò)程中，我們將水蒸汽從污泥塊分離。污泥塊現(xiàn)在呈干燥狀態(tài)，我們可以將它們投入爐火。一旦我們得到這非常猛烈的火勢(shì)，我們就能制造出高壓、高溫的蒸汽。我們獲得那蒸汽，然后我們將它送至蒸汽引擎中。蒸汽引擎驅(qū)動(dòng)發(fā)電機(jī)，制造我們用來(lái)運(yùn)作處理器的電力，還制造出能被送回社區(qū)的額外電力。在煮沸過(guò)程中產(chǎn)出的水蒸氣被流通在凈化系統(tǒng)中，直到我們?nèi)〉媚闼芟胂竦阶罡蓛簟⒓儍舻乃疄橹埂?/div>
The sanitation system as we know it in the developed world cannot work in developing countries. So, what we need in developing countries is a very simple system.
已開(kāi)發(fā)國(guó)家中我們所熟悉的衛(wèi)生設(shè)備系統(tǒng)在開(kāi)發(fā)中國(guó)家行不通。所以，我們?cè)陂_(kāi)發(fā)中國(guó)家所需的是個(gè)非常簡(jiǎn)易的系統(tǒng)。
The entrepreneur that owns this processor will get paid for the input—the sludge, and that same entrepreneur will get paid for the outputs—the electricity, the water, and the ash.
擁有這臺(tái)處理器的企業(yè)家會(huì)拿到投入物(污泥)的報(bào)酬，且那同一位企業(yè)家還會(huì)拿到產(chǎn)出物(電力、水，以及灰燼)的報(bào)酬。
I am very impressed with this solution we're seeing here. It generates electricity. It generates clean water.
我對(duì)我們?cè)诖艘?jiàn)識(shí)到的解決辦法感到印象十分深刻。它產(chǎn)生電力。它制造凈水。
It will grow to every corner of the earth that needs it because it makes money every day.
OmniProcessor 將發(fā)展到世界上每個(gè)需要它的角落，因?yàn)樗刻於贾圃斐鲐?cái)富。
It's water.
這是水沒(méi)錯(cuò)。
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