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SunGlacier – Devices which can produce water for deserts
- peter_d_sherman 3y agoApparently the main SunGlacier device is a free standing device consisting of a Solar Panel attached to a Peltier Junction, which is attached to a metal cone on the cold side, which apparently can capture ambient moisture from the atmosphere, even in desert climates... (Or, think of it as Star Wars' Vaporator -- version 0.00000001...) Related: https://sunglacier.nl/project-outline https://sunglacier.nl/project-outline https://inhabitat.com/produce-your-own-water-from-thin-air-with-sunglaciers-solar-powered-dc03/ https://inhabitat.com/produce-your-own-water-from-thin-air-w... https://theindexproject.org/award/nominees/1928 https://theindexproject.org/award/nominees/1928 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_cooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_cooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect