Patent ID: 7905097

Claim:
A water-from-air extraction system ( 40 ) comprising: a first open air passage ( 43 ) including a first portion ( 51 ) and a second portion ( 64 ), the first portion ( 51 ) being fluidly linked to the second portion ( 64 ); a desiccant wheel ( 60 ) arranged between the first and second portions ( 51 , 64 ); a second open air passage ( 44 ) including a first end portion ( 82 ) that leads to a second end portion ( 123 ) through an intermediate section ( 108 ), the first and second end portions ( 82 , 123 ) being fluidly connected to the first portion ( 51 ) of the first open air passage ( 43 ) and the intermediate section ( 108 ) being fluidly linked to the desiccant wheel ( 60 ); and a condensing heat exchanger ( 114 ) fluidly connected to the intermediate section ( 108 ) of the second open air passage ( 44 ) downstream from the desiccant wheel ( 60 ), the condensing heat exchanger ( 114 ) extracting water from an air flow passing through the second open air passage ( 44 ).