MOHALI: Students of the Rayat Bahra University School of Engineering and Technology 7th semester mechanical Engineering have developed an atmospheric water generator.
An atmospheric water generator (AWG) is a device that extracts water from humid ambient air. Water vapor in the air is cooled below its dew point condensing it into liquid water. The atmospheric water generators are useful where clean drinking water is difficult to obtain. Since there is always a degree of water vapor found in air, this water vapor can be extracted and hence used for drinking purposes in such areas where drinking water is scarce.
The team of students who have developed the device includes Banda Justin, Nguz Andre, Christopher Adjei, Akash Kumar, Aman Singh Bhatia, Ankit Dogra, Manish Angurana, Sukhwinder Singh, and Sanjay Rana.
These students worked under the leadership of Head of the Department Abhinav A. Tripathi and Assistant Professor Harpreet Singh. The project was made to tackle the problem of inadequate supply of clean drinking water and also to help clean the surrounding air in the atmosphere.
Head of the Department Abhinav A. Tripathi said that the project was started through planning, the objectives of the project were to produce safe and clean drinking water, flexibility in power source the ability to be used anywhere whether urban or rural areas, maximum efficiency to augment the water delivered per unit vitality, and minimized cost to limit cost per unit water extraction for both capital and generating cost.
The project works by cooling ambient air being sucked into the system hence condensing it into water.
Dr. Parvinder Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Rayat Bahra University, congratulated the students for this achievement and encouraged them to do better in the future.