Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates

Kim, Hyunho; Rao, Sameer R.; Kapustin, Eugene A.; Zhao, Lin; Yang, Sungwoo; Yaghi, Omar M.; Wang, Evelyn N.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03162-7

Title: Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates

Journal Article · Thu Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03162-7· OSTI ID:1557719

Kim, Hyunho ^[1]; Rao, Sameer R. ^[1]; Kapustin, Eugene A. ^[2]; Zhao, Lin ^[1]; Yang, Sungwoo ^[1];

^[3]; Wang, Evelyn N. ^[1]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

Water scarcity is a particularly severe challenge in arid and desert climates. While a substantial amount of water is present in the form of vapour in the atmosphere, harvesting this water by state-of-the-art dewing technology can be extremely energy intensive and impractical, particularly when the relative humidity (RH) is low (i.e., below ~40% RH). In contrast, atmospheric water generators that utilise sorbents enable capture of vapour at low RH conditions and can be driven by the abundant source of solar-thermal energy with higher efficiency. Here, we demonstrate an air-cooled sorbent-based atmospheric water harvesting device using the metal–organic framework (MOF)-801 [Zr₆O₄(OH)₄(fumarate)₆] operating in an exceptionally arid climate (10–40% RH) and sub-zero dew points (Tempe, Arizona, USA) with a thermal efficiency (solar input to water conversion) of ~14%. We predict that this device delivered over 0.25 L of water per kg of MOF for a single daily cycle.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

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OSTI ID:: 1557719

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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