Water by Means of Semiconductors

   In order to create the lowest carbon footprint, thermoelectric cooling for extracting water from the humidity in air is proposed. To power this, photovoltaics is envisioned. Thermoelectric and photovoltaic materials can be made from semiconductors.

  From the capability of condensate from the atmosphere and power from the sun both being accomplished by means of semiconductors, the semiconductor can become a teaching material for small villages.

-Farming needs water

-Water supplies in various parts of the world is limited. 

-Water distribution often requires power supply, which can add to the carbon footprint.

-Rural, agrarian communities are a challenge in terms of providing the best educational resources because of the often remote locations that they are located in.

-Many of the farm needing the most water are in locations with intense sunlight.

  Lowering the carbon footprint for farming and creating an augmented supply of water to existing water supplies is the goal of this project. This is accomplished by means of solar power. 

Using thermoelectric cooling to extract water from humidity in the air.

This project can directly benefit farmers, especially in desert climates.

It supplies water from humidity and also cools the region around it, all by means of thermoelectric cooling.

It provides the input of water supplies as well as the input of cooling technology for crops growing in warm climates.

It uses thermoelectric cooling to provide water and cooler air for crops.

It also utilizes the technology as a teaching tool for rural, agrarian communities.

Thermoelectric cooling. 

Thermoelectric cooling essentially pulls heat from one location to another by means of electrical power. The technology is an established effect in materials science and physics. The location that is being cooled will, in the right climate, generate condensate from the water in the local atmosphere. 

Thermoelectric cooling and cooling surfaces generating condensate from air are established effects in physics as well as in material science. There are several international development projects with thermoelectric technology. Many use thermoelectricity for generating electricity from waste heat. This accomplished by means of the thermoelectric material's ability to move heat from a hot location to a cold location, generating electricity in the process.

Farmers would literally be able to generate water from the air.

This could drastically change farming. One benefit envisioned from the program is the educational aspects on teaching local communities about cutting edge technology. Many thermoelectric devices use semiconductors, and the physics of the semiconductor can be taught to villages by means of the thermoelectric demonstration technology.

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To establish a pilot plant for this technology.

The physical limits of existing thermoelectric materials.

Hopefully, being able to design a better material.

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I have invented applications in thermoelectric materials in the past.

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Funding by means of grants.

I believe with the right organization(s) this project can enhance water resources as well as science education in villages in desert locations that have some water content in their local atmospheres.

 The science education aspect is because most thermoelectric devices use semiconductors, and this device can be used as a demonstration device for introducing the physics of the semiconductor.

The project will need specialists in identifying the appropriate thermoelectric semiconductor for various locations. 

The project will also need educators for designing educational material on thermoelectric semiconductors. 

Distribution specialists will also be needed.

FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in order to help the organization meet agriculture goals in terms of affordable water supply.

This project could be used in refugee centers, especially in desert locations.

This can improve the quality of women in villages who were gathering water fro neighboring water sources, in that it can lower the need to gather the water because the technology, under ideal situations, will draw sufficient water from the atmosphere.

The scientific parameters as well as the materials for the project can be made into a complete presentation.