Heat-Pipe based Ambient Heat Exchange Method for Producing Water from the Air

Abstract

A water generation system according to some aspects of the present invention includes at least one condensation chamber having at least one internal volume, and at least one heat pipe thermally connected to said internal volume. Air containing moisture flows into and through the internal volume of the mixing chamber while the heat pipe transfers heat from the internal volume of the mixing chamber to a cold reservoir, causing said air humidity to condense into liquid water collected in the internal volume of the mixing chamber. A method according to some aspects of the present invention includes collecting water that condenses on the surface of at least one heat pipe thermally connected to a cold reservoir. One of the heat pipe ends may be inside one or more mixing chambers where the water is collected. The air may be forced by a blower towards the surface of the heat pipe.

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