Re:Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7
by gus_massa on Thursday May 25, 2023 @03:23PM
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[Very skeptical of this. I'm not sure if the redaction is very confusing or it's just wrong.]
Anyway, ...
Later they talk only about single molecules instead of droplets. I think they only talk about droplets in the introduction of the press release, not the actual paper.
UV rays can remove electrons and create charged molecules. Also, molecule collisions sometimes create charged molecules (it's similar to rubbing fur and glass, but in a smaller scale). And storm lightning also create and create charged molecules. I'm not sure which one create most of them.
After the charged molecule interacts it will lose it charge, so IIUC they assume that the there will be some method to replace the air with uncharged molecules with new air with charged one, like breeze (I guess a fan will need too much electricity). Anyway, this will make it very difficult to stack too much of this device and keep a nice air flow.
Anyway, ...
Later they talk only about single molecules instead of droplets. I think they only talk about droplets in the introduction of the press release, not the actual paper.
UV rays can remove electrons and create charged molecules. Also, molecule collisions sometimes create charged molecules (it's similar to rubbing fur and glass, but in a smaller scale). And storm lightning also create and create charged molecules. I'm not sure which one create most of them.
After the charged molecule interacts it will lose it charge, so IIUC they assume that the there will be some method to replace the air with uncharged molecules with new air with charged one, like breeze (I guess a fan will need too much electricity). Anyway, this will make it very difficult to stack too much of this device and keep a nice air flow.