The present application discloses a dehumidifier and a dehumidification system. The dehumidifier comprises a housing and a water absorber located in the housing. An opening and a plug are provided at a lower portion of the housing. The plug is used to seal the opening, and the water absorber can be removed via the opening when the opening is open. A conduit is provided above the housing, an upper gas inlet and an upper gas outlet are provided on the conduit, a gas to be dehumidified enters the conduit via the upper gas inlet and is discharged from the conduit via the upper gas outlet, and the water absorber is used to absorb water in the gas. The dehumidifier according to the present application is easily maintainable.

Provided herein are water harvesting systems, as well as methods of making and using such systems, for capturing water from surrounding air using a design that reduces overall energy costs of the systems and improve water harvesting cycle efficiency. The systems and methods use sorbent materials, such as metal-organic frameworks, to adsorb water from the air. The systems and methods desorb this water in the form of water vapor, and the water vapor is condensed into liquid water and collected. The liquid water is suitable for use as drinking water.

A vehicle compartment purification system configured to be capable of executing a regeneration mode of a functional material by a controller, the regeneration mode including a first regeneration step in which the air is flowed through a plurality of cells of a heater element at a flow velocity A for a predetermined time from a start of the regeneration mode, and after the first regeneration step, a second regeneration step in which the air is flowed through the plurality of cells at a flow velocity B and flowed out to the outflow piping; wherein the flow velocity A and the flow velocity B satisfy the flow velocity A<the flow velocity B, provided that a direction from a first end surface to a second end surface of the heater element is regarded as a positive direction, and the flow velocity B is a positive value.

Devices suitable for use in an advanced oxidation method for organic and inorganic pollutants deploying OH* radicals and ozone is disclosed. Optionally, a first discharge device, providing OH* radicals and second discharge device providing ozone, are combined to provide desirable chemical and biocidal characteristics. Further, efficient mixing systems for transferring the radicals to the target fluid are disclosed.

This disclosure is related to systems, methods, apparatuses, and techniques for generating water using waste heat. In certain embodiments, a system includes a water generating unit and a waste-heat-generating-system. The water generating unit can be configured to generate the water and comprises a desiccation device and a condenser coupled to the desiccation device. The waste-heat-generating-system can generate the waste heat when operating or is use. The water generating unit can be configured to use waste heat generated by the waste-heat-generating-system to generate the water.

Plant and method for the abatement of polluting components contained in biogas to be treated, wherein a plurality of filtering tanks suitable to be connected to a supply line of biogas to be treated contain each an adsorbing agent for the adsorption of the undesired polluting components when streams of biogas flow through each filtering tank. The plurality of filtering tanks are switched cyclically among them so that, during the operation of the plant, at least a first tank is temporarily isolated from the supply line and subjected to a regeneration phase of its adsorbing agent saturated by polluting components previously adsorbed, while one or more of the other filtering tanks remain connected with and are fed by the supply line with their respective adsorbing agent which continue adsorbing polluting components contained in the streams of biogas flowing through them.

Water harvesting systems and methods of making and using such water harvesting systems, for capturing water from surrounding air using configurations that reduce overall energy costs and improves water harvesting cycle efficiency in the water harvesting system. In particular embodiments, the water harvesting system can be configured for dehumidification-humidification of air, and a method in the water harvesting system for dehumidification-humidification to control moisture level in the air conditioned by the water harvesting system. The systems and methods use sorbent materials, such as metal-organic frameworks, to adsorb water from the air. The systems and methods desorb this water in the form of water vapor, and the water vapor can be condensed into liquid water and collected to dehumidify air conditioned by the water harvesting system. The collected liquid water can be sprayed to humidify air conditioned by the water harvesting system.

Provided herein are water harvesting systems, as well as methods of making and using such systems, for capturing water from surrounding air using a design that reduces overall energy costs of the systems and improve water harvesting cycle efficiency. The systems and methods use sorbent materials, such as metal-organic frameworks, to adsorb water from the air. The systems and methods desorb this water in the form of water vapor, and the water vapor is condensed into liquid water and collected. The liquid water is suitable for use as drinking water.

A water sorption device includes a catalytic combustor configured to, in a desorption state, combust a hydrocarbon fuel mixture to generate heat; a thermoelectric generator configured to, in the desorption state, generate electricity from a first portion of the heat from the catalytic combustor; and an adsorber configured to in an adsorption state, adsorb water from ambient air from an environment and in the desorption state, desorb the adsorbed water as vapor using a second portion of the heat from the catalytic combustor.

Provided is a canister that includes a first adsorbing layer K1 including a first adsorbing material Q1 as an adsorbing material Q and a second adsorbing layer K2 including, as the adsorbing material Q, a second adsorbing material Q2 different from the first adsorbing material Q1. The first absorbing layer K1 and the second absorbing layer K2 are provided inside a casing 10. In a flowing direction of fuel vapor J between one end and another end of the casing 10, the first adsorbing layer K1 is disposed at a position in contact with an air port 10a at the other end, and the second adsorbing layer K2 is disposed closer to the one end than the first adsorbing layer K1 is. The first adsorbing material Q1 adsorbs the fuel vapor J at an adsorbing rate that is lower than an adsorbing rate of the second adsorbing material Q2.