Collector Harvests Drinkable Water from Desert Air (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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In desert trials, UC Berkeley scientists demonstrated that their next-generation water harvester can collect drinkable water from desert air each day/night cycle, using a MOF that absorbs water during the night and, through solar heating during the day, releases it to be condensed and collected. This video and additional footage can be downloaded from the website https://goo.gl/forms/SdOEkFcabWtOghfq1

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Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally

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