Remote Atmospheric Water Generator With Outdoor Condensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing atmospheric water generators expose collected water to pathogens during collection and filtration, often require users to be present for operation, and generate noise, making them inconvenient for indoor use and inefficient in humid environments.
Innovation Solution
A system with separate collection and dispensation subsystems, utilizing a titanium dioxide coating for passive sterilization and remote access through a wireless communications device for control and monitoring, allowing outdoor collection and indoor dispensation without noise disturbance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If water is collected from the atmosphere using conventional filtration systems, then water can be obtained from air, but the collected water is exposed to atmospheric pathogens during collection and filtration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the water collection function from the dispensing function into two distinct subsystems. The outdoor collection subsystem captures atmospheric moisture and performs initial condensation, while the indoor dispensing subsystem handles the final water delivery. This extraction of the collection process from the indoor environment prevents pathogen exposure to the collected water while maintaining convenient indoor access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a sealed conduit or piping system as an intermediary between the outdoor collection subsystem and the indoor dispensing subsystem. This intermediary transport mechanism allows water to be moved from the collection point to the dispensing point without exposure to indoor atmospheric pathogens, maintaining water safety while enabling indoor access.
2Productivity
If the atmospheric water generator is disposed outdoors for efficient water collection, then water generation efficiency is improved, but users must be physically present at the system location to operate and drink water
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the atmospheric water generator into two separate functional subsystems: an outdoor collection subsystem that performs water generation, and an indoor dispensing subsystem that provides user access. This segmentation allows the collection process to occur in the optimal outdoor environment while users access water conveniently indoors, eliminating the need for physical presence at the outdoor location.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a sealed conduit or piping system as an intermediary to transport water from the outdoor collection subsystem to the indoor dispensing subsystem. This intermediary infrastructure enables remote operation and indoor access, allowing users to obtain water indoors without being present at the outdoor collection location.
3Ease of operation
If the atmospheric water generator is disposed indoors for convenient access, then user accessibility is improved, but the system generates unwanted compressor and pump noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the noisy compressor and pump components into the outdoor collection subsystem, away from indoor living spaces. The indoor dispensing subsystem contains only the water storage and dispensing components, which are quiet. This segmentation successfully isolates noise-generating elements outdoors while maintaining convenient indoor access to water.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the noise-generating compressor and pump components from the indoor environment and relocates them to the outdoor collection subsystem. This extraction of harmful noise sources from the indoor space eliminates noise disturbance while preserving indoor water access through the separate dispensing subsystem.
4Quantity of substance
If conventional filtration systems are used to purify collected water, then water can be filtered, but the systems harbor and grow bacterial pathogens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the water storage and dispensing function from the outdoor collection environment and places it in a controlled indoor setting. The collected water is sealed during transport via conduit to the indoor subsystem, preventing contact with outdoor atmospheric pathogens. The indoor storage environment is designed to minimize bacterial growth, and the system eliminates the need for complex filtration that could harbor bacteria.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively sterilizes water without filters or ozone, provides remote operation, and optimizes water collection efficiency by condensing warmer, wetter outdoor air, ensuring safe and convenient water dispensation indoors.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling element, such as a coil, that is cooled below the dew point to condense water from the atmosphere
Implementation Method 2
utilizing a titanium dioxide coating for passive sterilization
Data Source
AI summary
Systems for atmospheric water generation are disclosed. An illustrative system may comprise an atmospheric water generator, and a wireless communications device communicatively coupled to the atmospheric water generator. The wireless communications device may be configured to receive and display status information associated with the atmospheric water generator, and to provide operating instructions to the atmospheric water generator. The wireless communications device may be further configured to display an outside temperature, an outdoor humidity, a water level, an indoor temperature, an indoor humidity, and a dew point. The wireless communications device may be further configured to receive control instructions, and wherein the wireless communications device is further configured to communicate the control instructions to the atmospheric water generator.