Comments on: So Simple It’s Brilliant: A Machine that Makes Drinking Water from Air

By: Don

Don — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:59:09 +0000

Unfortunately, they’re marketing it as a ‘home appliance’. If they could make a solar-powered version that had self-cleaning (or washable) filters, it could help millions of people in 3rd world countries. Heck, they could even market it as camping gear.

By: SeattleGuy

SeattleGuy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:06:57 +0000

About the size of a “large golf ball cut in half”? That’s wrong. Golf balls only come in one size. It’s about 3 FEET in diameter, although it does have some dimples which one pundit stated ‘looked like a large golf ball cut in half’. Anyway, read about it for yourself and don’t rely on someone else’s poor reporting. http://www.elementfour.com/products/the-watermill

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:49:09 +0000

Wow my AC has been doing this for years and years. Its not really an invention. Its all based off of the relative humidity, which in FL is about 100% all the time.

By: Don Greg

Don Greg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:20:05 +0000

hardly brilliant, or simple. basically like your dehumidifier at home: you know how the basin fills with water? Energy will be a significant cost – not a solution for the 3rd world clean water problems. Nice that it has bacteria control, but after the water leaves it will be vunerable to bacterial growth, depending on how it is stored. certainly has use in places where water that can be used for drinking is very scarce and where energy is not expensive, or for use in high end suburban homes where people have lots of money, love gadgets and not very concerned about energy use.

By: Shaun T

Shaun T — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:18:49 +0000

We have had similiar systems in South-east Asis for years and I have done a lot of research into these systems. As far as I can tell, there is a potential problem in that generating water in a stale climate, such as an air-conditioned room, can lead to a bacteria build-up. Although it can be filtered out, it is a little disturbing to think of bacteria living in the holding tank.

has anyone else come across this?

By: Blythe

Blythe — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:54:45 +0000

Who’s “Ritchey”?

By: Uncle Al

Uncle Al — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:01:13 +0000

Start by calculating the enthalpy of vaporization of water at 5 C. Then figure out how much electricity you need to grab a liter of water, plus other operating losses. Might as well smelt aluminum and sell it for water. Oh yeah… what is the average relative humidity of desert areas? Southern California routinely hits sustained single digets during Santa Ana winds.

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