Exploiting radiative cooling for uninterrupted 24-hour water harvesting from the atmosphere
Iwan Haechler, Hyunchul Park, Gabriel Schnoering, Tobias Gulich, Mathieu Rohner, Abinash Tripathy, Athanasios Milionis, Thomas M. Schutzius, Dimos Poulikakos
Abstract
, close to the ultimate capabilities of such systems. Our results demonstrate that the yield of related technologies can be at least doubled, while cooling and collection remain passive, thereby substantially advancing the state of the art.
Topics & Concepts
Radiative coolingAtmosphere (unit)Environmental scienceRadiative transferWork (physics)Atmospheric sciencesWater coolingRadiant coolingEnergy (signal processing)MeteorologyPhysicsThermodynamicsOpticsQuantum mechanicsThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesUrban Heat Island MitigationSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems