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.

  • kalkulat@lemmy.world
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    28 minutes ago

    Here’s a back-up, science paper on MOF from Nature with measured numbers. 8 liters per KG per day isn’t 1000 gallons until you get to 2 tons … but it’s about 200 liters per out of 25 KG … easily carried.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58405-9

    "The effects of temperature, relative humidity, and powder bed thickness on the adsorption-desorption process are explored for achieving optimal operational parameters. We found that Zr-MOF-808 can produce up to 8.66 LH2O kg−1MOF day−1, an extraordinary finding that outperforms any previously reported values for MOF-based systems… "

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    Oh no, the same scam again, when will people realize that putting dehumidifiers in the desert, where there is little to none humidity in the air does not produce significant quantities of water.

    You can claim that your solution produces thousands of liters of water, but in practice its obvious that you cannot extract more water than what’s already im the air, once you extract it, there is nothing left, it may work at first, but is not going to work continuously forever.

    This is another example of a promised technology scam, pay me for the development and once it doesn’t work, disappear with the money. People keep falling for it for some reason.

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    16 hours ago

    That water was in its way to somewhere, though. What is that other area gonna look like now that this device intercepts the water?

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      6 hours ago

      same could be said about every shower you take and every toilet you flush

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        6 hours ago

        🎶And every bond you break, every step you take
        I’ll be watching you!!🎵

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      15 hours ago

      Sounds like that other area needs to pull up on those bootstraps and make a water machine for its needs then.

      This comment is brought to you by the sigma water machine, buy yours today and lock your grindset on hydration!

      (Hopefully obvious but /s)

  • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    shipping container size

    That’s far smaller than I expected. I also don’t imagine it will be cheap. If they manage to make it less than $100,000 then I’ll be baffled. Less than $500,000 and I’ll be excited for the possibilities in my lifetime.