Mangle, looped band of material. Energy can be totally mechanical to move the loop through the mangle, or PV harvested electrical. There's no free lunch, but r

Mangle, looped band of material. Energy can be totally mechanical to move the loop through the mangle, or PV harvested electrical. There's no free lunch, but removing water from a fabric matrix is a well understood process. Thats what washerwomen have done for millenia.