{"id":383483,"date":"2026-07-01T05:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/new-water-harvesting-jacket-pulls-up-to-30-ounces-of-drinking-water-from-the-air-daily\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:01:48","slug":"new-water-harvesting-jacket-pulls-up-to-30-ounces-of-drinking-water-from-the-air-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/new-water-harvesting-jacket-pulls-up-to-30-ounces-of-drinking-water-from-the-air-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"New Water-Harvesting Jacket Pulls up to 30 Ounces of Drinking Water From the Air Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fiber that collects water from the air. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Engineers have created innovative materials that pull drinking water from the air, including a water-harvesting jacket and a record-setting collection system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a jacket that can generate drinking water from moisture in the air. The innovation could help people who spend long periods in places where clean water is difficult to access, including hikers, campers, runners, farm workers, emergency responders, and military personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWater harvesting from air is usually imagined as a stationary device such as a box, a panel, or a large sorbent bed,\u201d said Guihua Yu, chair professor of the Cockrell School of Engineering\u2019s Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute and one of the leaders of the new research in Science Advances<\/span><\/em>. \u201cHere, we wanted to rethink the form of the technology. If the fabric itself can collect water from air, it opens a new direction for personal and portable water access.\u201d<\/p>\n

The jacket contains a specialized textile that captures moisture from the atmosphere and directs it into detachable collection units. These units are then placed inside a foldable collector and heated to release the water.<\/p>\n

Depending on humidity conditions, the jacket produced between 400 and 900 milliliters (14 to 30 fluid ounces) of drinkable water per day.<\/p>\n

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The detachable harvesting units in the jacket are placed in a foldable collector piece and heated to produce the water. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

High-Performance Moisture Collection Fabric<\/h4>\n

Compared with existing water harvesting materials, the textile delivered a threefold to tenfold improvement in large-scale performance. Instead of creating another bulky water collection device, the team focused on improving how water moves through the fibers, addressing a longstanding challenge in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe important advance here is that the team did not simply make another material that absorbs water,\u201d said Keith Johnston, co-author and chair professor of the Cockrell School of Engineering\u2019s McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. \u201cThey designed a pathway for water to move quickly, from vapor in the air, to liquid on the fiber surface, and then into the textile. That transport design is what allows the material to work not just in a small lab test, but in a wearable system.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers believe the technology could be used in products beyond clothing, including backpacks, tents, emergency shelters, and other outdoor equipment. Future work will focus on applications for recreation, remote field operations, disaster response, and improving water access in dry or infrastructure-limited regions.<\/p>\n

Record-Breaking Water Extraction Device<\/h4>\n

The wearable textile was developed alongside a separate system from the same research team that achieved record levels of atmospheric water collection in both the hot, dry conditions of New Mexico\u2019s Chihuahuan Desert and the more humid climate of Austin. The results highlight the practical potential of using moisture from the air to help address drinking water shortages.<\/p>\n

\"Solar
The solar water-harvesting device pulled a record amount of drinking water from the arid climate of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico and the humid climate of Austin, Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During testing, the device collected 1.3 liters (44 fluid ounces) of clean water per day in both arid and semi-humid environments. That performance equals 4.3 liters (1.1 gallons) of water per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of moisture-capturing material each day, surpassing previous results reported by other research groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big stride toward practical atmospheric water harvesting,\u201d said Weixin Guan, one of the lead authors of a new paper published in Nature Water<\/em>. \u201cThis goal has been incubated over years of work, from molecular design to real-world operation, and it is especially meaningful to see those pieces finally come together in a field-ready system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hydrogel Technology for Water-Stressed Regions<\/h4>\n

At the heart of the device is a specially engineered hydrogel fabric made from biomass-derived materials. The material absorbs water vapor from the air and releases it when warmed by sunlight, allowing the moisture to be condensed and collected as liquid water.<\/p>\n

Many of the areas where the technology is expected to perform best are also among the world\u2019s most water-stressed regions, including parts of North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, the system could provide a decentralized source of drinking water for remote communities, disaster response efforts, and other locations where traditional water infrastructure is difficult to build or maintain.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

\u201cScalable hierarchical textile fibers toward personalized wearable atmospheric water harvesting\u201d by Chuxin Lei, Yongzheng Zhang, Lu He, Yuyang Wang, Juan Wu, Weixin Guan, Yaxuan Zhao, Qiang Fu, Keith P. Johnston, Kai Wu and Guihua Yu, 10 June 2026, Science Advances<\/i>.
DOI: 10.1126\/sciadv.aed9949<\/p>\n

\u201cField\u2011portable, solar\u2011powered, litre-scale atmospheric water harvesting across climates with gel fabric architecture\u201d by Weixin Guan, Yaxuan Zhao, He Shan, Yan Zhe Wong, Chuxin Lei, Debapriyo Roy, Yuyang Wang, Xiaomeng Liu, Ghim Wei Ho, Keith P. Johnston and Guihua Yu, 9 June 2026, Nature Water<\/i>.
DOI: 10.1038\/s44221-026-00645-6<\/p>\n

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