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AWGreviewpaper
OF
AIR WATER GENERATION
TECHNIQUES
Prof. Siddique Ahmed
Rohit Desai#1, Nitin Puthran#2, Prasad Kokitkar#3, Bhaskar Mudaliyar#4
SIES GST Mechanical Department
Abstract- This review is based on different In wet desiccation method, a brine solution is
methods of water generation from air. However, exposed to atmospheric air (humid air) which
each method has some limitations along with absorb water vapour from that air. The
solution is then sent to regenerator. In
advantages. The methods used are
regenerator, water vapour is extracted from
dehumidification by refrigeration (by liquid solution. The advantages of this method are
desiccant method), vapour compression method having high efficiency and the ease with which
and using Peltier effect method. In case of it can adapted to renewable energy,
water generation using desiccant method, water particularly solar. This method is used by
produced is low in quantity. In case of vapour Niewenhuis et al. 2012.
compression method, system becomes bulky
and heavy due to use of compressor. Peltier
effect method of water generation is recently
developed. Results obtain from Peltier effect
method are quite satisfactory.
Keywords: Atmospheric water generation,
Dehumidification, peltier, dessicant,
dehumidification and cooling
I.INTRODUCTION
Discussion and result:
Now days water scarcity is becoming major
issue globally. Therefore, researchers are We infer that Liquid desiccant method seems
finding new solutions to solve this problem. to have potential to generate water
One solution was generation of water from air. theoretically. But when this method implanted
This is due to fact that air almost contains by researchers and when prototype was made
12500 km3 of water. and tested it the results obtained were not
satisfactory. Only 72.1 mL of water is
1. Dehumidification Using generated