Practical water production from desert air

Fathieh, Farhad; Kalmutzki, Markus J.; Kapustin, Eugene A.; Waller, Peter J.; Yang, Jingjing; Yaghi, Omar M.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat3198

Practical water production from desert air

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat3198· OSTI ID:1625992

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Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Energy NanoScience Inst. and Berkeley Global Science Inst. Dept. of Chemistry; DOE/OSTI
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Energy NanoScience Inst. and Berkeley Global Science Inst. Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Energy NanoScience Inst. and Berkeley Global Science Inst. Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

Energy-efficient production of water from desert air has not been developed. A proof-of-concept device for harvesting water at low relative humidity was reported; however, it used external cooling and was not desert-tested. We report a laboratory-to-desert experiment where a prototype using up to 1.2 kg of metal-organic framework (MOF)–801 was tested in the laboratory and later in the desert of Arizona, USA. It produced 100 g of water per kilogram of MOF-801 per day-and-night cycle, using only natural cooling and ambient sunlight as a source of energy. We also report an aluminum-based MOF-303, which delivers more than twice the amount of water. The desert experiment uncovered key parameters pertaining to the energy, material, and air requirements for efficient production of water from desert air, even at a subzero dew point.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

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OSTI ID:: 1625992

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 4; ISSN 2375-2548

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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