At the moment they are made to order, and there are no stock transformers available. Best is to contact Bob from Coral Aid through facebook and let him know your plans. Hopefully in the next year or two we will be rolling out a training program to teach people how to build their own, as all the parts are available through eBay.
We could use this tech to grow entire reefs I. Areas of the sea floor that are barren. Thus creating breeding habitats for wild fish populations that are under stress from over fishing. Furthermore, if solar power is used to provide the electricity, the whole thing becomes carbon negative drawing dissolved carbon out of the ocean water.
Yes, the possibilities are broad, the structures created or not only habitats for organisms which can also be used to reinforce shorelines, control erosion, and protect from wave damage. Already it is being tested for corals, fish, seagrass, and oysters
No, as long as the electricity is on the anodes are a quite hostile environment due to their production of chlorine. This is why we keep them above the structure in the water column so that the chlorine is disbursed.
@@conservemarine1 I can foresee a great combination. Cathode side to build a reef and the anode side is a wave-energy harvesting device. The cathode electrochemistry builds growth while the anode electrochemistry keeps the wave-energy harvesting device free of growth. Best of both worlds!
@@kirenireves Yeah, that is a great idea. I don't see many reasons why not, other than cost. There are proposals to use mineral accretion to turn old oil platforms into permanent artificial reefs. Being out in the open ocean, a system like what you propose would be very effective.
@@conservemarine1 What would be the additional costs? One still needs an anode anyway...just connect it to the metal of the thing you want to keep free of growth. Is there something unique about the anode that makes it more expensive? Does the metal of the anode degrade or wear away? We might be on the verge of something great here! ^_^
@@kirenireves Yeah, unfortunately, it would deteriorate due to the galvanic reactions going on. Wolf Hilbertz originally used a platinum-titanium alloy meshing as the anode, which lasts quite a long time but is bulky and expensive. Today we mostly use a titanium-platinum meshing covered in mixed metal oxides. You could create the exposed components from these materials, it is pricey, but not necessarily cost-prohibitive. It would really depend on the location and design of the oil platform, some would be ideal for solar, others for wind, waves, or tidal energy devices.
Where can you buy the Coral-AID modules?
At the moment they are made to order, and there are no stock transformers available. Best is to contact Bob from Coral Aid through facebook and let him know your plans. Hopefully in the next year or two we will be rolling out a training program to teach people how to build their own, as all the parts are available through eBay.
@@ConservationDiver thank you!
@@ConservationDiverhow's progress? I'm especially interested in the training. Where will it be?
awesome work!
Great video, thanks for explaining the process and benefits of this technology :)
Well explained
We could use this tech to grow entire reefs I. Areas of the sea floor that are barren. Thus creating breeding habitats for wild fish populations that are under stress from over fishing.
Furthermore, if solar power is used to provide the electricity, the whole thing becomes carbon negative drawing dissolved carbon out of the ocean water.
Yes, the possibilities are broad, the structures created or not only habitats for organisms which can also be used to reinforce shorelines, control erosion, and protect from wave damage. Already it is being tested for corals, fish, seagrass, and oysters
Do the anodes also develop growth on their surface?
No, as long as the electricity is on the anodes are a quite hostile environment due to their production of chlorine. This is why we keep them above the structure in the water column so that the chlorine is disbursed.
@@conservemarine1 I can foresee a great combination. Cathode side to build a reef and the anode side is a wave-energy harvesting device. The cathode electrochemistry builds growth while the anode electrochemistry keeps the wave-energy harvesting device free of growth. Best of both worlds!
@@kirenireves Yeah, that is a great idea. I don't see many reasons why not, other than cost. There are proposals to use mineral accretion to turn old oil platforms into permanent artificial reefs. Being out in the open ocean, a system like what you propose would be very effective.
@@conservemarine1 What would be the additional costs? One still needs an anode anyway...just connect it to the metal of the thing you want to keep free of growth. Is there something unique about the anode that makes it more expensive? Does the metal of the anode degrade or wear away? We might be on the verge of something great here! ^_^
@@kirenireves Yeah, unfortunately, it would deteriorate due to the galvanic reactions going on. Wolf Hilbertz originally used a platinum-titanium alloy meshing as the anode, which lasts quite a long time but is bulky and expensive. Today we mostly use a titanium-platinum meshing covered in mixed metal oxides. You could create the exposed components from these materials, it is pricey, but not necessarily cost-prohibitive. It would really depend on the location and design of the oil platform, some would be ideal for solar, others for wind, waves, or tidal energy devices.
I found your old channel