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US 2026/0021446 A1Published application
Water precipitating devices, methods and systems
AssigneeBeair Water and Air Technologies Ltd.
InventorJoshua Lewis COLMAN
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems, devices and methods for generating water from ambient air, by implementing a water vapor separation unit, including one or more selective membranes, configured to selectively separate/transfer water vapor form the ambient air, and a water precipitation unit, including a plurality of cooling elements, configured for precipitating the selectively separated water vapor from the ambient air.
Claims35
A device for generating water from ambient air, the device comprising:
- a water vapor separation unit, comprising one or more selective membranes configured to selectively separate/transfer water vapor from the ambient air passing along the one or more selective membranes;
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- a water precipitation unit comprising a plurality of cooling elements, configured for precipitating the selectively separated water vapor to allow collection of precipitated water droplets in a water collection unit;
- wherein a continuous gradient of water vapor concentration and/or pressure is maintained across the one or more selective membranes;
- wherein each of the one or more selective membranes of the water vapor separation unit is adjacent to at least one of the plurality of cooling elements of the water precipitation unit.
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A method for generating water from ambient air, the method comprising:
- introducing an ambient air flow into a water vapor separation unit, the water vapor separation unit comprising one or more selective membranes configured to selectively separate/transfer water vapor from the ambient air passing along the one or more selective membranes;
- precipitating the selectively separated/transferred water vapor into liquid water droplets in a water precipitation unit by a plurality of cooling elements;
- collecting the liquid water droplets in a water collection unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.