▲ 582 ▼ Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 8 months ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 121 comments fedilink hide all child comments The system can function in air with 20% humidity or less. But these 1,000 liter a day machines are not small, at around shipping container size.
[+] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Slashme@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago This guy got his Nobel prize for molecular sponges that can bind and release water. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pageflight@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago (4 children) And how much power does it use? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 23 points 8 months ago (3 children) This thing works self-contained and off grid - using materials that have huge surfaces to condense the water. It is mentioned that there are powered versions too, but the principle itself does not need extra power, the Sun drives the condensation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago Sun: no more free power for you click Every living thing as eternal darkness consumes us: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chivera@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Cool! permalink fedilink source parent [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago That's still embodied energy, so the question becomes; "How much energy does it take to actually make these materials?" In particular, the device is packed with Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which are synthetic porous materials engineered at the molecular level to have huge surface areas. A few grams of an MOF can have a surface area equivalent to a football arena, according to the source. That sounds pretty energy-intensive to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago This guy got his Nobel prize for molecular sponges that can bind and release water. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pageflight@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago (4 children) And how much power does it use? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 23 points 8 months ago (3 children) This thing works self-contained and off grid - using materials that have huge surfaces to condense the water. It is mentioned that there are powered versions too, but the principle itself does not need extra power, the Sun drives the condensation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago Sun: no more free power for you click Every living thing as eternal darkness consumes us: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chivera@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Cool! permalink fedilink source parent [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago That's still embodied energy, so the question becomes; "How much energy does it take to actually make these materials?" In particular, the device is packed with Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which are synthetic porous materials engineered at the molecular level to have huge surface areas. A few grams of an MOF can have a surface area equivalent to a football arena, according to the source. That sounds pretty energy-intensive to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 23 points 8 months ago (3 children) This thing works self-contained and off grid - using materials that have huge surfaces to condense the water. It is mentioned that there are powered versions too, but the principle itself does not need extra power, the Sun drives the condensation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago Sun: no more free power for you click Every living thing as eternal darkness consumes us: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chivera@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Cool! permalink fedilink source parent [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago That's still embodied energy, so the question becomes; "How much energy does it take to actually make these materials?" In particular, the device is packed with Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which are synthetic porous materials engineered at the molecular level to have huge surface areas. A few grams of an MOF can have a surface area equivalent to a football arena, according to the source. That sounds pretty energy-intensive to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago Sun: no more free power for you click Every living thing as eternal darkness consumes us: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago That's still embodied energy, so the question becomes; "How much energy does it take to actually make these materials?" In particular, the device is packed with Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which are synthetic porous materials engineered at the molecular level to have huge surface areas. A few grams of an MOF can have a surface area equivalent to a football arena, according to the source. That sounds pretty energy-intensive to me. permalink fedilink source parent