Dew formation and water vapor adsorption in semi-arid environments—A review

N Agam, PR Berliner - Journal of Arid Environments, 2006 - Elsevier
The impact of 'non-rainfall'water on soil is important in arid zones. In that environment, the
amount of dew can exceed that of rainfall, or even be the sole source of liquid water for …

Emerging radiative materials and prospective applications of radiative sky cooling-A review

AS Farooq, P Zhang, Y Gao, R Gulfam - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
The enhanced cooling performance and the reduced operational cost of the integrated
radiative sky coolers are essentially necessitated in a wide range of applications, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and expectation of atmospheric water harvesting

Y Tu, R Wang, Y Zhang, J Wang - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Even if people live in an arid desert, they know that plenty of water exists in the air they
breathe. However, the reality tells us the atmospheric water cannot help to slake the world's …

Water harvesting from air: Current passive approaches and outlook

X Liu, D Beysens, T Bourouina - ACS Materials Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the context of global water scarcity, water vapor available in air is a non-negligible
supplementary fresh water resource. Current and potential energetically passive procedures …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of surface wettability on the fog and dew moisture harvesting performance on tubular surfaces

D Seo, J Lee, C Lee, Y Nam - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The efficient water harvesting from air-laden moisture has been a subject of great interest to
address world-wide water shortage issues. Recently, it has been shown that tailoring …

[HTML][HTML] Performance investigation of atmospheric water harvesting systems

F Bagheri - Water resources and industry, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper performance and limitations of commercially-available atmospheric water
harvesting (AWH) systems are experimentally investigated. A new experimental setup and …

How different are fog collection and dew water harvesting on surfaces with different wetting behaviors?

D Nioras, K Ellinas, V Constantoudis… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As the clean water shortage becomes a serious problem for mankind, atmospheric water
harvesting has emerged as a viable solution. Two main approaches to collect water from the …

Review of water resources and desalination technologies

JE Miller - 2003 - osti.gov
Water shortages affect 88 developing countries that are home to half of the world's
population. In these places, 80-90% of all diseases and 30% of all deaths result from poor …

Multimode multidrop serial coalescence effects during condensation on hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces

K Rykaczewski, AT Paxson, S Anand, X Chen, Z Wang… - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
The prospect of enhancing the condensation rate by decreasing the maximum drop
departure diameter significantly below the capillary length through spontaneous drop motion …

Atmospheric water vapour processor designs for potable water production: a review

RV Wahlgren - Water Research, 2001 - Elsevier
Atmospheric water vapour processing (AWVP) technology is reviewed. These processors
are machines which extract water molecules from the atmosphere, ultimately causing a …