Physics MIT learned to extract water from the dry air

The inhabitants of the arid areas of the Earth continue to experience problems with access to clean and fresh water. This issue remains relevant in many respects due to the fact that the existing water treatment methods are quite energy-intensive and expensive, so use them can afford not everyone. The situation can be corrected invention physicists at MIT, which together with specialists Berkeley University created a device capable of removing water even from fresh dry air using solar energy.

vodoizvlecheniya system consists of a solar panel, tank and crushed particles of metal-organic frameworks made of zirconium and adipic acid, the water absorbing active molecule. Inside the water does not stay, because under the influence of solar energy is converted into steam and condenses in a special container. Already device may generate from the air with 20 percent humidity for about three liters of water per day, but the developers plan improve the performance of making his invention even more effective.