Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner — claimed to work in desert air with 20% humidity or lower, delivering off-grid ‘personalized water’
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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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/59925291

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.

  • Malfeasant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    “relative humidity” is the percentage of water the air holds relative to how much it could hold, which varies by temperature. It can’t go negative, though it can go over 100%.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      I looked it up. It is something to do with how the sensors work. Under certain conditions they will report negative. Either way, the point was, I don’t see this machine being able to do much if it needs around 20%…