A newly developed plastic material of the same type as is used in baby diapers can collect clean and safe drinking water from the air.
A newly developed plastic material of the same type as is used in baby diapers can collect clean and safe drinking water from the air.
Climate change, population growth, conflict and humanitarian crises are putting increasing pressure on the world’s water resources. That is why Norwegian researchers are looking into whether atmospheric water generators can become part of the solution.
This type of water generator extracts moisture from the air using moisture-absorbing materials and converts it into drinking water. But they need to become more efficient.
“The solution works well when the air is humid, but energy consumption becomes very high when the humidity is below 50 percent. This in turn makes the technology expensive and thus challenging to use in dry areas, where the need is greatest, says Roberto Mennitto.
Read More: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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