研究人员正在开发可从空气中获取饮用水的纺织品

内容总结:
新型智能衣物问世:可从空气中提取饮用水的“水收集夹克”面世
美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的研究团队近日取得一项突破性成果——他们研发出一种特殊纺织材料,并利用该材料制成了一件能从空气中收集饮用水的夹克衫。这项研究已发表在国际期刊《科学进展》上。
与现有的大型或笨重的空气取水设备不同,这种新型纺织品的核心优势在于便携性与可穿戴性。研究团队设计了一种特殊织物,能够捕获空气中的水分,并将其引导至可拆卸的收集单元中。这些收集单元随后被放入可折叠的集水器中,通过加热的方式将水汽冷凝为可供饮用的液态水。
“我们希望重新构想这项技术的形态,”该研究作者之一、得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的余桂华教授表示,“如果织物本身就能从空气中收集水分,这将为个人便携式取水开辟一条全新的道路。”
在测试中,根据空气湿度不同,这件夹克每天可生产400至900毫升(约14至30盎司)的饮用水。研究团队指出,这一技术不仅限于服装,未来还可应用于背包、帐篷等其他物品,使其具备自主取水功能。该技术在医疗急救、偏远地区应急以及户外探险、极限运动装备等领域都具有广阔的应用前景。
中文翻译:
研究人员正在开发能从空气中提取饮用水的纺织品。
这真有点《沙丘》的感觉。
目前已有从环境空气中收集水分的方法,但大多体积庞大或不便携带。德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的最新研究正试图将这一概念转化为可以随身携带的物品——更准确地说,是可以随时穿在身上的衣物。在一项发表于《科学进展》期刊的研究中,该团队利用一种特殊纺织品,制作了一件能实现大气水收集的夹克。
"我们希望重新构想这项技术的形态,"该研究作者之一、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的余桂华表示,"如果织物本身就能从空气中收集水分,那将为个人化、便携式的水获取方式开辟新方向。"
这件夹克采用了一种特殊面料,能够从空气中吸收湿气,并将其汇聚在可拆卸的集水单元中,而非仅仅让织物本身吸水。"这种传输设计使得材料不仅能通过小型实验室测试,还能应用于可穿戴系统,"同样来自德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的合著者基思·约翰斯顿补充道。随后,这些集水单元被置于一个可折叠的收集部件中,通过加热产生可饮用水。
在测试中,根据湿度水平的不同,这件夹克每天能产出400至900毫升(约14至30盎司)的可饮用水。虽然该研究的具体形态设计为夹克,但研究人员指出,同样的纺织品也可用于制造背包或帐篷等其他物品,赋予它们集水能力。这项技术在医疗救援队或紧急情况下(尤其是在偏远地区)具有应用潜力。从商业角度来看,它还可用于制造极其实用的徒步旅行和极限运动装备。
英文来源:
Researchers are developing textiles that can produce drinking water from the air
How very Dune.
There are existing methods to collect water from the ambient air, but most of them are large or cumbersome. Recent research by the University of Texas at Austin is taking that concept and transforming it something you could have on hand at all times. Or more literally, on your back at all times. In a study published in Scientific Advances, the team used a special textile to create a jacket capable of atmospheric water harvesting.
"We wanted to rethink the form of the technology," said UT Austin's Guihua Yu, one of the authors on the latest study. "If the fabric itself can collect water from air, it opens a new direction for personal and portable water access."
The jacket used a special fabric designed to collect moisture from the air and gather it in detachable harvesting units rather than simply having the textile absorb the water. "That transport design is what allows the material to work not just in a small lab test, but in a wearable system," added co-author Keith Johnston, also of UT Austin. The harvesters are then placed in a foldable collector piece and heated to produce drinkable water.
Depending on humidity levels, the jacket produced between 400 and 900 milliliters (about 14 to 30 ounces) of drinkable water per day in testing. The form factor created for this particular study was a jacket, but the investigators suggested that the same textile could be used to manufacture other objects, such as a backpack or a tent, to lend them water-collecting capabilities. The technology could have applications for medical response teams or during emergencies, particularly in remote places. On the commercial side, it could also make for some pretty useful hiking and extreme sports gear.
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