Patent ID: 11872514
Assignee: nan
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. An atmospheric water generating apparatus to produce fresh water from moisture-laden air, said apparatus comprising:
a frame having a plurality of frame members defining an upper end and a lower end of said apparatus;
at least one panel support mechanism associated with said frame;
a plurality of condensation panels supported by said at least one panel support mechanism so as to dispose each of said plurality of condensation panels on or in said frame, each of said condensation panels having a panel body with an upper end, a lower end, a front side, a back side, a first side and a second side, said panel support mechanism having a plurality of panel support members, each of said plurality of panel support members being structured and arranged to position each of said plurality of condensation panels in said frame in corresponding relation to said frame with said upper end of each of said condensation panels directed toward said upper end of said apparatus and said lower end of each of said condensation panels directed toward said lower end of said apparatus;
a condensation surface associated with each of said first side and said second side of said plurality of condensation panels, each of said condensation surfaces having surface area that will contact the moisture-laden air when each of said plurality of condensation panels are exposed to the moisture-laden air, said surface area having a shaped surface that is configured to increase said surface area of said condensation surface so as to increase the condensate on said condensation surface and the fresh water produced thereby, and
a flow channel disposed in said panel body of each of said condensation panels so as to define a flow path through said panel body between an inlet and an outlet of each of said condensation panels, said inlet connected to a source of cooled fluid, said flow channel being sized and configured to allow a cooled fluid from the source of cooled fluid to flow through said flow channel from said inlet to said outlet of each of said condensation panels, said outlet connected to the source of cooled fluid to direct the cooled fluid thereto,
wherein said flow path through each of said condensation panels is selected so the cooled fluid will cool said condensation surface thereof when the cooled fluid is flowing through said flow channel to produce condensate on said condensation surface when said condensation surface is in contact with the moisture-laden air, each of said condensation panels being configured for the condensate to flow downward to said lower end of said condensation panels and toward said lower end of said apparatus to collect as the fresh water on a water collecting surface that is associated with said apparatus.