Cambridge: Scientists have created a device that can extract drinking water from the air using a fin-like system.
This technology can help meet the growing global demand for clean water by extracting trillions of liters of water from the Earth’s atmosphere.
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee, and the George Institute of Technology has developed a low-cost and compact system that uses sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH). , and collect water on the absorbent pad.
Detailing the technology, the researchers said that nearly two-thirds of the world’s population is water-scarce, and it is estimated that by 2030, nearly 40 percent of global annual water demand will not be met by public water. It will create more problems for health, agriculture and agricultural application.
The Earth’s atmosphere has 13,000 trillion cubic feet of fresh water that could be harvested without relying on existing liquid water supplies, the researchers said. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting has the potential to harvest potable water in extremely arid environments while conventional atmospheric water harvesting methods are not viable solutions.
