[VitacoreVision]

A Dehumidifier connected to a water filter?

[ClearBlueSky]

Life imitates art. Star Wars vaporators- Tatooine moisture farms. Wonderful!

[Slyfox]

CA residents can now by pass the idiot Jerry Brown. As long as he is prevented from taxing the heck out of it.

[SeekAndFind]

Through nature’s water cycle our atmosphere contains water vapor that’s evaporated from the various bodies of water around us (such as lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.), and when that steam temperature lowers to a certain temperature it transforms back into the water. Where most people think of this condensation simply as a by-product, Water-Gen makes use of it.

The company has built machines that can produce and harvest condensation using plastic leaves that funnel the air. Founder and co-CEO of Water-Gen, Ayre Kohavi states, “The target is to extract water from the air with minimum energy. We think our solution can solve the problem on the level of countries. It’s an immediate solution – governments don’t need to spend decades to do a big project.”

[knittnmom]

Awesome! In 3rd world countries, could that be teamed with solar or wind power to run it off the grid?

[Vince Ferrer]

This isn’t unique, I have seen several companies doing this.

[Organic Panic]

Some environazi will condemn this. There will be some endangered sand beetle that ONLY lives where there the water vapor will be extracted. AND of course, it will disproportionally have a negative effect on women and minorities.

Those people will find ANYTHING to complain about. Someone could invent a car that can travel a million miles on a thimble full of sewage, converts dreaded carbon dioxid in the pure drinking water and they want to ban it.

[SeekAndFind]

	Water-Gen GENNY	All commercially available AWGs
Technology	GENius Patented technology, includes one-of-a kind plastic heat exchanger. Award wining technology that is considered as world’s most energy-efficient technology (in terms of efficiency-cost-size-ratio)	Conventional air-condition, dehumidifier technology
Ennergy Efficiency	27⁰C/60%RH 300Wh/L Proven EF=3.3 liter per 1 Kw Proven price per liter = >2₵* 30⁰C/70%RH 220 Wh/L Proven EF=4.5 liter per 1 Kw Proven price per liter = ~1.5₵*	27⁰C/60%RH 650-850 Wh/L EF=1.5-1.2 liter per 1 Kw Price per liter = 5-6₵* 30⁰C/70%RH 500-700 Wh/L EF=1.5-2 liter per 1 Kw Price per liter = 4-5₵*
Quality Test	Water-Gen’s systems and product were tested and accredited by international laboratories	No accreditation for energy efficiency and water production information has been published. No laboratory test reports are available
Air Purification	Unique and robust air filtration methodology, designed to operate at high air pollution conditions, venting back into the room ultra clean air 2-in-1 product	Standard air conditioning air filter, not adapted to heavy air pollution, exhausting back polluted air into the room
Water Quality	The combination of aggressive air filtration and unique GENius structure, facilitates the generation of almost pure H2O   Unique and proprietary Ozone treatment procedure, developed at Water-Gen, keeping water fresh for a long time	Standard air conditioning filtration results in low water purity with insufficient water quality   Insufficient water treatment creates a rapid decline in water quality within days. In many cases, to over come water quality issues, RO filtration is incorporated, loosing valuable water in the process
Maintenance	Fast and easy, user level filter replacement 3 elements, once a year ~$50 per year	Replacement of up to 8 different elements (UV lights / RO membrane / filters), twice a year Up to $400 US per year

[Lent]

“Water-Gen is one of seven Israeli companies presenting technological innovations at the United Nations General Assembly this week.”

Casting pearls before swines?

[fella]

When it comes to harvesting water Israel is the leader.

[IronJack]

Power-intensive. Basically a big refrigerator. The a-coil in your central air unit does much the same thing.

[Pride in the USA]

Wonderful.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

They’re just trying to drown Arabs and must be stopped. Send money.

[ctdonath2]

Wondering about price. None given on website. At least one unit is made for home use, so it must be within a sane range.

[petro45acp]

The wind-traps of “Dune”

...walk without rhythm...

KYPD

[truth_seeker]

Give the darn machines free of charge to most 3rd world populations, and in fairly short timeframes, they will be out of service for lack of maintenance.

But more importantly, don’t mark them as “Made in Israel.”

[Vermont Lt]

I read about a high school kid recently who had come up with a wonderful solution for getting potable water from the sea.

He focused not on getting the salt out of the water, but rather he foused on getting the 90% of sea water that is fresh out of the seawater.

It had something to do with a polymer that bonded with the salt molecules and it allowed you to “skim” the good water out of the process.

In a very few years, I am betting that getting fresh water and low cost power are going to be in everyone’s toolbox.

[Mr. K]

SO... SOMEONE INVENTED A DEHUMIDIFIER?

[TexasGator]

Sept. 2016. Posted and discussed many times here.

[jr3000]

Yeah, its called a condenser.
The ancient Persians and Babylonians had them.