Patent ID: 7089763

Claim:
A portable, potable-water recovery system for producing and dispensing water, comprising: (a) a portable enclosure comprising: an inlet port; and an outlet port; (b) an air-circulation means for circulating ambient air from said inlet port to said outlet port, said air-circulation means comprising an internal, ducted, electric, rotary, controllable, variable air-volume air-movement device; and a filtration means adapted to trap airborne particulates of a maximum dimension of 100 micrometers or larger sealingly connected upstream to said filtration means; (c) a water-condensing means sealingly connected downstream from said air-circulation means, said water-condensing means comprising: a condensate collector; a first refrigerant and first refrigerant lines; a first evaporator having dew-forming surfaces wherein said dew-forming surfaces are adapted to cool adjacent air to a temperature of at least 1 degree Celsius below the equilibrium dew point of said ambient air, thereby forming liquid water on said dew-forming surfaces, said dew-forming surfaces are formed and positioned so as to enable gravity flow of said liquid water into said condensate collector; a first condenser; and a first compressor; (d) an ultraviolet light (UV) canister receiving a direct gravity flow of said liquid water from said condensate collector; (e) a water filtration means sealingly connected to said UV canister and meeting NSF 53 standards so as to receive said liquid water into said water filtration means by extra-gravitational pressure; (f) a storage tank sealingly connected to said water filtration means so as to receive said liquid water into said storage tank; wherein said outlet port is sealingly connected to said storage tank so as to permit external dispensation of said liquid water from said storage tank.