[clayrichardson]

It would, but it would most likely be less efficient than filtering the water you're floating in :)

A good way to increase the efficiency of this machine would be to increase the relative humidity by adding moisture. This is the reasoning behind our next planned experiments of reclaiming water from urine!

You might be able to get away with using the reverse osmosis system we have, [0] but send the water to a lab to test influent (intake) and effluent (output) before consuming :D

[0]: http://123filter.com/catalog/ispring-7-stage-75-gpd-reverse-...

[toomuchtodo]

Thanks for the reply! I'd of course use a watermaker first (very simple operation, relying on only a pump and a membrane) but its always smart to have redundancy in life critical systems ;)

Absolutely love your project. I think its going to help a lot of people!

[clayrichardson]

Thank you! I hope it does too.

[gpm]

> It would, but it would most likely be less efficient than filtering the water you're floating in :)

To put some numbers to this, they have achieved ~1kwh / L, wikipedia [0] puts reverse-osmosis desalination at ~3kwh / 1000 L

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis#Desalination

[mathiasben]

lol, that does desalination?

[toomuchtodo]

It probably does, but not as effectively as a marine-grade watermaker.

http://www.westmarine.com/watermakers