The invention provides a device and a method for extracting water from air operated under all working conditions. The device comprises a
solar power supply unit, a salt-carrying hydrogel adsorption-
desorption unit, an
electric heating desorption unit, a
water vapor condensation and collection unit and a PID
control unit. The
solar power supply
system comprises a solar photovoltaic panel, an MPPT (
maximum power point tracking) type
photovoltaic inverter and a storage battery, the salt-carrying hydrogel adsorption-
desorption unit comprises hydrophilic
porous hydrogel and a LiCl / CaCl2 composite adsorption material, and the
electric heating desorption unit comprises a
copper heat-conducting plate loaded with the adsorption material and an
electric heating sheet. The
water vapor condensation and collection unit is composed of four finned radiators and two
semiconductor chilling plates. The PID
control unit is composed of a temperature and
humidity sensor and a
control circuit, wherein the temperature and
humidity sensor is connected to the radiators and the front side of the adsorption
bed.
Water vapor in the environment is enriched through an efficient salt-loaded adsorbent
packed bed, desorption is driven in two
modes of solar photo-thermal and electric heating, desorbed high-
humidity airflow passes through a fin type cooling fin connected with a
semiconductor and then is condensed into
liquid water, and the process of taking water from air is completed through a collector below. According to the device, low-energy-consumption
air water taking under the humidity of 15%-100% can be achieved by controlling the
operation time of all the units, the device is portable and compact, the
automation degree is high, and high-water-yield
air water taking is achieved by using solar photo-thermal and power generation as energy input.