Water-from-Air Article Links
These are peer-reviewed scientific papers about water-from-air topics. Links are grouped by publication date range.
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pre-1960
Chaptal, L. (1932). La lutte contre la sécheresse: La captation de la vapeur d'eau atmosphérique. La Nature 60 (2):449–454.
Midowicz, W. (1948). An old method of obtaining water from the air in dry localities. Meterorol. Mag. 77, 18–19.
1960–1969
1970–1979
Gerard R. D. & Worzel J. L. (1972) Atmospheric water extraction over the ocean, Beneficial Modifications of the Marine Environment. Proceedings of Symposium Sponsored by National Research Council and Dept. of the Interior, Washington, DC, March 11, 1968, Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 66-78.
Landsberg, H. E. (1972). Discussion, Beneficial Modifications of the Marine Environment. Proceedings of Symposium Sponsored by National Research Council and Dept. of the Interior, Washington, DC, March 11, 1968. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 78–81.
Starr, V. P., Anati, D. A., & Gaut, N. E. (1972). Controlled Atmospheric Convection in an Engineered Structure. Nordic Hydrology 3, 1–21.
1980–1989
Smith, M. F. (1983). Pure water out of thin air? The Certificated Engineer, 56 (12):190.
Elmer, T. H. & Hyde, J. F. (1986). Recovery of Water from Atmospheric Air in Arid Climates. Separation Science and Technology 21(3), 251–266.
1990–1999
Beysens, D. A., Milimouk, I., & Nikolayev, V. (1998). Dew recovery: old dreams and actual results. In Proceedings: First International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection, Vancouver, Canada, 19–24 July 1998, eds. R. S. Schemenauer and H. Bridgman, 269–272.
2000–2009
Hamed, M. (2000). Absorption-regeneration cycle for production of water from air-theoretical approach. Renewable Energy, 19, 625–635. doi:10.1016/S0960-1481(99)00068-3
Clus, O., Sharan, G., Singh, S., Muselli, M., and Beysens, D. (2007). Simulating and testing a very large dew and rain harvester in Panandhro (NW India), in Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew (La Serena, Chile, 23–27 July 2007), 311–314.
Polkowska, Z., Blas, M. Klimaszewska, K., Sobik, M., Malek, S., and Namiesnik, J. (2008). Chemical Characterization of Dew Water Collected in Different Geographic Regions of Poland. Sensors 2008, 8, 4006–4032.
Habeebullah, B. A. (2009). Potential use of evaporator coils for water extraction in hot and humid areas. Desalination 237 (1-3), 330-345.
2010
Narayan, G. P., Sharqawy, M. H., Summers, E. K., Lienhard, J. H., Zubair, S. M., and Antar, M. A. (2010). The potential of solar-driven humidification-dehumidification desalination for small-scale decentralized water production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 14 (4), 1187-1201.
2011
Audah, N., Ghaddar, N., & Ghali, K. (2011). Optimized solar-powered liquid desiccant system to supply building fresh water and cooling needs. Applied Energy, 88(11), 3726–3736. [Click for Article in Press version]
Hamed, A. M., Aly, A. A., & Zeidan, El-Shafei B. (2011). Application of Solar Energy for Recovery of Water from Atmospheric Air in Climatic Zones of Saudi Arabia. Natural Resources, 2, 8–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/nr.2011.21002
2012
Hastbacka, M., Dieckmann, J. and Brodrick, J. (2012). 'Smart' Irrigation Systems. ASHRAE Journal 54(8):76–79. [ASHRAE's description of the article at this link should have stated the topic as, "Air-conditioner condensate can replace potable water for landscape irrigation."]
2013
2014
Bergmair, D., Metz, S. J., de Lange, H. C., and van Steenhoven, A. A. (2014). System analysis of membrane facilitated water generation from air humidity. Desalination, 339, 26–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.007
Kabeel, A. E., Abdulaziz, M., & El-Said, E. M. S. (2014). Solar-based atmospheric water generator utilisation of a fresh water recovery: A numerical study. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 37, 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2014.882864
Milani, D., Qadir, A., Vassallo, A., Chiesa, M. & Abbas, A. (2014). Experimentally validated model for atmospheric water generation using a solar assisted desiccant dehumidification system. Energy and Buildings, 77, 236–246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.041
2015
Bergmair, D., Metz, S. J., de Lange, H. C., and van Steenhoven, A. A. (2015). A low pressure recirculated sweep stream for energy efficient membrane facilitated humidity harvesting. Separation and Purification Technology, 150, 112–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2015.06.042
2016
Kumar, M. & Yadav, A. (2016). Comparative study of solar-powered water production from atmospheric air using different desiccant materials. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2016.1200692
2017
Subiantoro, A. (2017) Expander-based atmospheric water harvesting in the tropics. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 14(3), 1–8. dx.doi.org/10.3233/AJW-170020 [Accepted version of manuscript available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318293129]
2018
Bagheri, F. (2018). Performance investigation of atmospheric water harvesting systems. Water Resources and Industry 20, 23–28. This is an Open Access article.
Kim, H., Rao, S. R., Kapustin, E. A., Zhao, L., Yang, S., Yaghi, O. M., & Wang, E. N. (2018). Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates. Nature Communications 9: 1191, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03162-7 This is an Open Access article.
2019
2020
Jarimi, H., Powell, R., & Riffat, S. (2020). Review of sustainable methods for atmospheric water harvesting. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies 2020, 00, 1–24. This is an Open Access article.
Wang, J., Dang, Y., Meguerdichian, A. G., Dissanayake, S., Kankanam-Kapuge, T., Bamonte, S., Tobin, Z. M., Achola, L. A. & Suib, S. L. (2020). Water Harvesting from the Atmosphere in Arid Areas with Manganese Dioxide. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2020, 7, 1, 48–53.