JOURNAL ARTICLE

Thermodynamic limits of atmospheric water harvesting

Akshay K. RaoAndrew J. FixYun Chi YangDavid M. Warsinger

Year: 2022 Journal:   Energy & Environmental Science Vol: 15 (10)Pages: 4025-4037   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

We use 2nd law analysis to obtain the maximum and practical efficiency for common open system atmospheric water harvesting methods. We apply this metric with supercomputing to map performance globally and suggest key system variables for improvement.

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Metric (unit) Key (lock) Supercomputer Environmental science Process engineering Performance metric Computer science Engineering Parallel computing Operating system

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