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There's a lot of water in the air. It rises from the surface of the oceans to a height of almost 100 kilometers. You feel it in high humidity, but there's almost as much invisible moisture in the air above the Sahara or the Nullarbor as there is in the steamy tropics. The water that pools beneath an air-conditioned car, or in the tray under an old fridge, demonstrates the principle: cool the air and you get water. And no matter how much water we might take from the air, we’d never run out. Because the oceans would immediately replace it.
Usually a windmill has three blades facing into the wind. But Whisson’s design has many blades, each as aerodynamic as an aircraft wing, and each employing “lift” to get the device spinning. They don't face into the wind like a conventional windmill; they're arranged vertically, within an elegant column, and take the wind from any direction.
With three or four of Max’s magical machines on hills at our farm we could fill the tanks and troughs, and weather the drought. One small Whisson windmill on the roof of a suburban house could keep your taps flowing. Biggies on office buildings, whoppers on skyscrapers, could give independence from the city's water supply. And plonk a few hundred in marginal outback land – specifically to water tree-lots – and you could start to improve local rainfall.
The dew point or dew point of a given parcel of air is the temperature to which the parcel must be cooled, at constant barometric pressure, for the water vapor component to condense into water, called dew.
Note that with higher temperatures the equilibrium partial pressure of water vapor increases thus more water evaporates.
The beetle has a bumpy surface on its back. The troughs are coated with wax, which makes them water-repelling (hydrophobic). But the peaks are non-greasy and water loving (hydrophilic).
When a sea breeze blows over, the beetle leans into the wind.
Tiny droplets of water are attracted to the hydrophilic peaks, where they build up into larger drops, which eventually roll down the beetle's back towards its mouth.
Thus, the beetle has a ready source of drinking water even though it seldom rains.
An Atmospheric water generator (AWG) is a machine that produces pure drinking water from the humidity of the surrounding air. An AWG operates in a manner very similar to that of a refrigerated dehumidifier: air is passed through a cooled coil, causing water to condense. The amount of water that can be produced depends on the humidity, the volume of air passing through the coils, and the size of the machine.
Considerations
*Needs no water source, only air.
*Can generate from 20 litres to over 250.000 litres or more in 24 hours.
*Is designed for maximum cost efficiency.
*Contains no harmful minerals or chemicals
*Can be powered by solar, wind, dyno or aqua electrical generation systems.
A wide range of Atmospheric generators are available, from a home/office unit producing 28 litres a day, to 1200 litres and even more than 500.000 litres per day for industrial bottling plants.
Details
The cost effectiveness of an atmospheric water generator depends on the capacity of the machine as well as on humidity and temperature conditions.
Besides such machines can be powered by alternative energy like solar, wind or even gas or oil fired generators which can be of great help especially when such machines are put into operation for relief efforts.
Originally posted by Terapin
From what I understand, the process has nothing to do with generating power to run a condenser. It has to do with the shape of the wind vanes and how the air flows across them utilizing the Bernoulli cooling effect.
The secret of Max’s design is how his windmills, whirring away in the merest hint of a wind, cool the air as it passes by. Like many a great idea, it couldn’t be simpler – or more obvious. But nobody thought of it before.
All material on this site is © 2003 Max Whisson
Whisson's design consists of a number of blades arranged vertically, accepting wind from any direction. The process is a closely guarded secret, but the device manages to cool the air as it passes - pulling water out by condensation.
Frankly, I'm sceptical of a story that has so little substance to it. However, Whisson does have a history as an inventor; he suggested the idea of long evaporation channels in 2002.
If Max Whisson really does have a windmill that pulls water right out of the air without additional electricity, he may just have invented the moisture vaporator. Widely used in the deserts of the fictional world of Tatooine, it makes farming work where it would ordinarily fail.
Originally posted by Terapin
He has stated that he is not giving out much detail yet until a patent is granted.
. If a big company got a hold of the patent first they would charge you an arm and a leg for it. He Just wants to help the world.
Originally posted by Terapin
He said that he doesnt want a big corperation to figure it out and patent it first as he intends to give away the design so it will be free for anyone to make.
Originally posted by TerapinIf a big company got a hold of the patent first they would charge you an arm and a leg for it. He Just wants to help the world.
Originally posted by Terapin
He has stated that he is not giving out much detail yet until a patent is granted. He said that he doesnt want a big corperation to figure it out and patent it first as he intends to give away the design so it will be free for anyone to make. If a big company got a hold of the patent first they would charge you an arm and a leg for it. He Just wants to help the world.