[01100011]

> ...vapor collection could be made much more efficient by first zapping the tiny droplets of water with a beam of electrically charged particles, or ions, to give each droplet a slight electric charge. Then, the stream of droplets passes through a wire mesh, like a window screen, that has an opposite electrical charge. This causes the droplets to be strongly attracted to the mesh

Woah, this seems really simple and possibly applicable to other situations where you're trying to condense a vapor.

[arcticbull]

That's how cars are painted :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_coating

[londons_explore]

So the summary is that some evaporation systems waste water by letting condensed water droplets escape rather than water vapor. Those water droplets aren't carrying away much heat like the vapor is, so are effectively just wasted water. This system recaptures those water droplets.

[kook_throwaway]

Would having two meshes of opposite charge work?