CPC E03B 3/28 (2013.01) [B01D 5/006 (2013.01); F28F 13/187 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0063 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
13. A method of collecting airborne liquid droplets using an airborne liquid droplet harvesting device comprising:
a tube having an interior surface that defines an air channel having a central longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of mechanically flexible polymeric wires extending from the interior surface into the air channel, the wires having diameters in the range from 10 μm to 10 mm and free distal ends that extend radially into the air channel and toward, to, or through the central longitudinal axis, the method comprising directing a flow of air comprising airborne liquid droplets through the air channel, wherein the liquid droplets are captured on the wires, the flow of air causes the mechanically flexible polymeric wires to bend elastically along the direction of air flow, and the captured liquid drains away from the wires and is collected in the air channel.
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