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Old 04-16-2017, 07:32 PM   #1
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Water without a watermaker

Traditional watermakers require a lot of energy and maintenance.

Perhaps this will turn out to be a better way. From SCIENCE:

Abstract
Atmospheric water is a resource equivalent to ~10% of all fresh water in lakes on Earth. However, an efficient process for capturing and delivering water from air, especially at low humidity levels (down to 20%), has not been developed. We report the design and demonstration of a device based on porous metal-organic framework-801 [Zr6O4(OH)4(fumarate)6] that captures water from the atmosphere at ambient conditions using low-grade heat from natural sunlight below one sun (1 kW per square meter). This device is capable of harvesting 2.8 liters of water per kilogram of MOF daily at relative humidity levels as low as 20%, and requires no additional input of energy.

Also here:
Researchers Find A New Way To Make Water From Thin Air : The Two-Way : NPR

As far as I know, this is not yet commercially available.
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