Towards a better understanding of atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technology.

Application Atmospheric water harvesting Energy Technology

Journal

Water research
ISSN: 1879-2448
Titre abrégé: Water Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0105072

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 02 11 2023
revised: 20 12 2023
accepted: 21 12 2023
medline: 4 1 2024
pubmed: 4 1 2024
entrez: 3 1 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technology is an emerging sustainable development strategy to deal with global water scarcity. To better understand the current state of AWH technology development, we conducted a bibliometric analysis highlighting three water harvesting technologies (fog harvesting, condensation, and sorption). By comprehensively reviewing the research progress and performing a comparative assessment of these technologies, we summarized past achievements and critically analyzed the different technologies. Traditional fog collectors are more mature, but their efficiency still needs to be improved. External field-driven fog harvesting and active condensation need to be driven by external forces, and passive condensation has high requirements for environmental humidity. Emerging bio-inspired fog harvesting and sorption technology provide new possibilities for atmospheric water collection, but they have high requirements for materials, and their commercial application is still to be further promoted. Based on the key characteristics of each technology, we presented the development prospects for the joint use of integrated/hybrid systems. Next, the water-energy relationship is used as a link to clarify the future development strategy of AWH technology in energy driving and conversion. Finally, we outlined the core ideas of AWH for both basic research and practical applications and described its limitless possibilities for drinking water supply and agricultural irrigation. This review provides an essential reference for the development and practical application of AWH technologies, which contribute to the sustainable utilization of water resources globally.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38171174
pii: S0043-1354(23)01492-6
doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.121052
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

121052

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Menglu Wang (M)

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; AgricultureIsLife, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liege University, Passage des Déportés 2, Gembloux 5030, Belgium.

Enke Liu (E)

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; State Key Laboratory of Hulless Barley and Yak Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement, Lhasa, Tibet 850002, China. Electronic address: liuenke@caas.cn.

Tao Jin (T)

State Key Laboratory of Hulless Barley and Yak Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement, Lhasa, Tibet 850002, China.

Saud-Uz Zafar (SU)

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.

Xurong Mei (X)

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Beijing 100081, China. Electronic address: meixurong@caas.cn.

Marie-Laure Fauconnier (ML)

Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Molecules, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liege University, Passage des Déportés 2, Gembloux 5030, Belgium.

Caroline De Clerck (C)

AgricultureIsLife, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liege University, Passage des Déportés 2, Gembloux 5030, Belgium.

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