'current; Fog events; Low-costs; Low-intensity; Poor performance; Test-bench; Time intensities; Water collection; Water droplets; Water source; Water Science and Technology; Waste Management and Disposal; Pollution; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Abstract :
[en] As scarcity of water is expected to intensify with global warming, unconventional water sources such as advective fogs may become essential. In numerous arid regions, nets are used to harvest such water droplets. However, many current fog nets are either not durable or expensive, and have poor performances for short time or low intensity fog events. With a dedicated test bench, we show here that a low-cost net with kirigami design offers a higher and faster fog collecting ability than the usual fibers nets. This kirigami fog net consists of a continuous network of strips where water quickly forms a stable film, accounting for its superior capture efficiency. We rationalize this mechanism with a simplified structure composed of disconnected strips whose optimization paves the way to the shaping of original fog nets such as the kirigami one.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Bintein, Pierre-Brice ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique ; Frugal Lab, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium ; Fab Lab ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Cornu, Axel; Frugal Lab, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium ; Fab Lab ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Weyer, Floriane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centres généraux > Centre de Formation des Enseignant·es (CEFEN)
De Coster, Nicolas; Fab Lab ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium ; Institut Royal Météorologique (IRM), Brussels, Belgium
Vandewalle, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique
Terwagne, Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique ; Frugal Lab, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium ; Fab Lab ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Kirigami fog nets: how strips improve water collection
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