Progress in atmospheric water generation systems: A review

Nafise Shafeian, A.A. Ranjbar and Tahereh B. Gorji

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, vol. 161, issue C

Abstract: In recent years, freshwater reserves have been severely depleted. Demand is outpacing supply, and supply is being impacted in terms of both quantity and quality. Therefore, freshwater scarcity is regarded as one of the greatest challenges of our time. During recent decades, the concept of generating fresh water from atmospheric air has been emerging as a promising solution to overcome the global water crisis. The present review attempts to provide a novel and comprehensive classification of various AWG technologies and materials. Each technology has been summarized and discussed. Solar assisted AWG systems with a reliable and cheap energy source are thoroughly explained. Over the last few years, most AWG studies have been shifted towards hybrid/integrated systems which utilize several cooling approaches in order to increase water productivity. The present paper is primarily focused on reviewing hybrid systems with portable and round-the-clock (RTC) application capability. Performance indicators of each system; including water production and energy consumption, thermal efficiency, and coefficient of performance were evaluated and compared. Finally, possible future perspective of implementing atmospheric water generating technologies is proposed.

Keywords: Global water crisis; Atmospheric water generating; Hybrid/integrated systems; Solar assisted AWG; Round-the-clock (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122002398
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:rensus:v:161:y:2022:i:c:s1364032122002398

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600126/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 600126/bibliographic

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112325

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is currently edited by L. Kazmerski

More articles in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().