Homemade Atmospheric Water Generator

What are atmospheric water generators? They can take moisture directly out of the air. When humidity, temperature and altitude are just right you can actually get water out of air. These generators simply use natural condensation through dehumidification to make water.

Atmospheric Water Generators

They are exactly what it sounds like they are. You can take moisture directly out of the air. With the correct amount of humidity, temperature and altitude it is a natural process to get water out of air. They simply take advantage of the natural condensation through dehumidification.

What is the Process?

Quite basically they pass warm air over a coil that has been cooled and it condenses from a vapor into a liquid. This liquid is then collected and stored in a tank as fresh drinking water. If the altitude is below 40,000 feet and the temperature is over 35 degrees F with a humidity level above 40 percent you can collect water.

There are also filtering systems that have to purify the air that will keep the coil clean and filters that will clean the water that gets collected.

Do they use Energy?

Currently AWG uses a lot of energy, which is why they aren’t being used on a large scale. There is much research going on now to utilize these AWG’s more efficiently and it all looks promising.

How much Water is supplied?

For a normal home’s usage it most likely would not supply a family’s needs. Generally a family will use an estimated 180 gallons daily and these to date are producing one to seven gallons daily.