http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?n...air-180957986/
A company called Fontus is currently crowdsourcing to develop water bottle works that moisture from the air, using the Peltier effect, which creates a heating/ cooling differential that results in condensation by way of a solar-powered small condenser. Similar to bringing an iced drink outside on very hot day - droplets form.
One version that attaches to bicycles (The Ryde) can yield a half-liter of water in one hour, in very good conditions - 80%-90% humidity, it can yield a half-liter of water in one hour.
Future builds will include a carbon filter to trap airborne particulates.
Using existing humidity for water supply is not a new idea.
Ancient Byzantine ruins revealed dew collectors. They were named Ziebold Collectors, after the person who discovered them in the 1900's....
Which inspired the Knappen collection system, or air wells.. Mason stones collect heat during the day, then cool at night.
A newer approach is using nets to catch airborne condensation ....
A company called Fontus is currently crowdsourcing to develop water bottle works that moisture from the air, using the Peltier effect, which creates a heating/ cooling differential that results in condensation by way of a solar-powered small condenser. Similar to bringing an iced drink outside on very hot day - droplets form.
One version that attaches to bicycles (The Ryde) can yield a half-liter of water in one hour, in very good conditions - 80%-90% humidity, it can yield a half-liter of water in one hour.
Future builds will include a carbon filter to trap airborne particulates.
Using existing humidity for water supply is not a new idea.
Ancient Byzantine ruins revealed dew collectors. They were named Ziebold Collectors, after the person who discovered them in the 1900's....
Which inspired the Knappen collection system, or air wells.. Mason stones collect heat during the day, then cool at night.
A newer approach is using nets to catch airborne condensation ....
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