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Evaporative Water Recovery Commercial Demonstration Unit Scheduled
In 2024, Nouvel began working with Wood (Houston, TX) to model the ALI process and conduct detailed engineering of a commercial size unit to be placed into operation for demonstration. That phase is now complete and a contract for fabrication and installation has been awarded to Mako Industries (Sugarland, TX). A commercial cooling tower has been purchased and will serve as the water vapor source for the ALI unit. That cooling tower will be installed at Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI) in San Antonio, TX who will provide independent testing and evaluation services for the demonstration unit.
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Nouvel Adds Technical Expert
We are pleased to announce that Michael Sherber, PE, MBA joined Nouvel Technologies in late 2024 as Vice President of Technology Development. He holds a BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton University, a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University Business School. He is highly active in ASHRAE and has extensive experience in the development of high-performance HVAC systems.
Mike has been instrumental in the development of the detailed engineering design of the commercial demonstration ALI unit over the past months. He has directed our engineering partners and evaluated and approved all technical documents specifying the details of the new ALI unit. As we enter the fabrication and installation phase of the project, Mike will use his experience in manufacturing engineering to direct our partners in the development of best practices for producing ALI units efficiently and consistently. Also, he will lead the commissioning team as we start up the process later this year.
Adding Mike to our Company has accelerated our progress towards product validation and commercialization and gives us high confidence that we will soon bring the benefits of ALI to the market.