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journal article·2020-02-12

Optimal Design of Multilayer Fog Collectors

Musaddaq Azeem, Adrien Guérin, Thomas Dumais, Luis Caminos, Raymond E. Goldstein, Adriana I. Pesci, Juan de Dios Rivera, María Josefina Torres, Jakub Wiener, José Luis Campos, Jacques Dumais

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 12· Issue 6
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Abstract

The growing concerns over desertification have spurred research into technologies aimed at acquiring water from nontraditional sources such as dew, fog, and water vapor. Some of the most promising developments have focused on improving designs to collect water from fog. However, the absence of a shared framework to predict, measure, and compare the water collection efficiencies of new prototypes is becoming a major obstacle to progress in the field. We address this problem by providing a general theory to design efficient fog collectors as well as a concrete experimental protocol to furnish our theory with all the necessary parameters to quantify the effective water collection efficiency. We show in particular that multilayer collectors are required for high fog collection efficiency and that all efficient designs are found within a narrow range of mesh porosity. We support our conclusions with measurements on simple multilayer harp collectors.
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OpenAlex topics: Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods · Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity · Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems

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Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Material Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 1402/2, 461 17 Liberec 1, Czech Republic

Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Av. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar 2562340, Chile

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, U.K.

Departamento de Ingenierı́a Mecánica y Metalúrgica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul 7820436, Santiago, Chile

Escuela de Ingenierı́a Mecánica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaı́so, Av. Los Carrera, Quilpué 2430000, Chile

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · Technick? Univerzita v Liberci · Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Cient?fico y Tecnol?gico · Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient?fico y Tecnol?gico

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