Biomimetic Atmospheric Water Generator  
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Project Introduction

In face of the global water shortages, our team has developed a proprietary patent pending atmospheric water collecting system that extracts moisture from air and provides more fresh water.

Our air to water machine differentiates itself from other air to water machines in the following features: (1) it will produce 50% more water under the same ambient weather conditions and power consumption constant; (2) No air compressor; (3) Use of semi-conductor refrigeration instead of chemical refrigerants.

Our core competitive advantages lie in our team’s expertise in polymer physics and ability to develop, inspired by Stenocara beetle in Namib Desert, new condenser surfaces with features that are both super-hydrophilic (water-loving) and super-hydrophobic (water-repelling). This technical breakthrough in surface chemistry has enabled us to significantly improve the efficiency of a traditional condensation, resulting in non-toxic, long-lasting and environment friendly water collecting technology.

What’s more, our solutions combine state-of-the-art scientific advances in semiconductor cooling with innovative engineering designs of system automation to efficiently produce more water from air without increasing much operating cost, as ours is powered by solar energy.  As a result, we promote environmental sustainability as well as keep cost at minimum level.

Our immediate target market will be businesses in arid areas that have easy access to clean energy resources but difficult access to water. Our ambitious long-term goal is to allow mankind to drink only atmospheric water, the purest water resource in the world.

Our mission is to become the leading player in commercial atmospheric water generation and make air water the most accessible potable water resource.

Water as an investment sector boasts of a $460 billion global market.  To compete with others and make our growth sustainable, we will customize our products,  make constant technical innovations, re-engineer existing works to reduce cost while increasing water output, and expand to add contracted water resource management business.

Funding Requirement: US$100,000 is needed to complete the building of a machine prototype.

Our Team

Jitao Ye, Researcher, Shanghai Institute of Science of Sciences. Mr. Ye holds many Chinese patents, including: 1) Atmospheric Water Generating Device with Semi-conductor Refrigeration Powered by Solar Energy; 2) Automatic Two-dimensional Revolving Platform; & 3) A Micro-climate Simulator for Low-temperature Micro-climate Tester for Fabrics. He has been awarded quite a few times for his innovations and inventions, which include but are not limited to Second Prize of Shanghai Science & Technology Award and Award for Young Inventors of Shanghai Scientists & Teachers. One of his papers published has been included in America’s EI.

Jianfang Wang, a senior engineer in chemistry. Wang graduated from Shandong University, China. His expertise is in the fields of polymer physics and pro-environment cooling technology. Wang worked for over 8 years as executive director of China National Chemistry Ministry’s Rubber Belt Testing Center.  He used to be Chief Engineer for 12 years with Qingdao Huigong Chemistry Company. Past projects included but were not limited to: Double-decker Bus Damping Rubber Air Springs Development; Molecular Weight Distribution of Polycarbonate; iron hotplate room temperature curing poisonousless & anti-rust coating and Testing Environment Affecting GPC Curving.

Ertong Chen, Professor, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology. Dr. Chen’s expertise is in the fields of refrigeration, food preservation, low-temperature bio-medicine and refrigeration automation. His years of experience in products testing and commercialization have helped many plants and manufacturers in refrigeration industry. 40 papers of his have been published. He has been granted many times with China’s State Natural Science and Technology Award.

Weixin Liang, an electrical and electronic engineer, judge to many technology awards contests and invention awards contests in Qingdao, China.  He graduated from Control Theory major, Math Dept, Shandong University, China. He has been team leader to many engineering projects. He used to work for Qingdao Silicon Transistor Research Lab and Qingdao Agro-Chemical Machinery. The awards his products have earned include but are not limited to Qingdao Science & Technology Award and Qingdao New Product Award.

Tom Haifeng Lu, An entrepreneur. Tom earned his MBA in Monterey Institute of International Studies, California. His working experience included 9 years of Chinese/English translation (UNESCO; Ministry of Finance, China), 8 years of management in banking industry (China Construction Bank, China; Bank of the Orient, San Francisco), and 7 years of computer programming and system analysis (Hewitt Associates, United States; Ministry of Electronics, China).

Zhejiang Taiyu Water Treatment Science and Technology Corp.
Establish in 1992 in China, the company manufactures and exports water dispensers and filtering systems.  One of the largest water treatment equipment makers in China, the company has earned certifications on its products, which include CCC, CE, ITS and SASO.