Yunivhesiti yeTexas mainjiniya vakagadzira mhando nyowani yevhu inokwanisa kutora mvura kubva mumhepo uye kuiparadzira kuzvirimwa. Ivhu idzva iri rinogona kuwedzera mepu yeminda yekurima kupota pasi. Sekureva kweYunivhesiti yeTexas, inogona zvakare kuderedza kushandiswa kwemvura yekurima panguva yekusanaya kwemvura.
Iyo "atmospheric water irrigation system" yakagadziridzwa nemainjiniya inoshandisa super-unyoro-inosveta gels kutora mvura kubva mumhepo. Kana ivhu richipisa kune imwe tembiricha, majirosi anoburitsa mvura, achiita kuti ivepo kune zvinomera. Sezvo ivhu richigovera mvura, imwe yacho inosunungurwa ichidzokera mumhepo, ichiwedzera mwando uye zvichiita kuti zvive nyore kuenderera mberi nekukohwa.
"Kugona kurima kwakazvimirira munzvimbo dzakaoma kuvaka madiridziro uye masisitimu emagetsi kwakakosha kusunungura kugadzirwa kwezvirimwa kubva kune yakaoma mvura cheni sezvo zviwanikwa zviri kuramba zvichishomeka," akadaro Guihua Yu, mubatsiri purofesa wezvesainzi paWalker University. Dhipatimendi reMechanical Engineering.
Gamu rega rega revhu rinogona kutora anenge 3-4 magiramu emvura. Zvichienderana nembeu, ivhu rinokwana 0,1 kusvika 1 kg rinokwanisa kupa mvura inokwanirana nekudiridza nzvimbo yekurima, mainjiniya vanodaro.
Magerosi ari muvhu anochera mvura kubva mumhepo munguva dzehusiku dzinotonhorera, dzine mvura. Kupisa kwezuva mukati mezuva kunomutsa majiro ane mvura kuti abudise zviri mukati mawo muvhu.
Boka revatsvakurudzi rakaita ongororo padenga rechivako cheCockrell Engineering Training Center kuUT Austin kuyedza ivhu. Vakaona kuti ivhu rehydrogel raikwanisa kubata mvura zvirinani pane ivhu rejecha munzvimbo dzakaoma uye raida mvura shoma kuti rikure zvirimwa.
Munguva yekuyedza kwemavhiki mana, timu yakaona kuti ivhu rakachengeta zvinosvika makumi mana muzana emvura yaro. Pane zvinopesana, 40% chete yemvura inoramba iri muvhu rejecha mushure mevhiki.
Mune kumwe kuedza, boka revatsvakurudzi rakadyara radishes mumarudzi ose evhu. Zvese zvinomera muvhu re hydrogel zvakapona mazuva gumi nemana pasina kudiridza. Radhishi muvhu rejecha dzakadiridzwa kakawanda mukati memazuva mana ekutanga ekuedza. Hapana imwe yeradishes muvhu rejecha yakapona kupfuura mazuva maviri mushure mekutanga kwekudiridza.
"Ivhu rakawanda rakanakira kukura kwezvirimwa," akadaro Fei Zhao, muongorori wePhD muboka retsvakurudzo reYu, uyo akatungamirira tsvakurudzo pamwe chete naXinyi Zhou naPanpan Zhang. “Chisungo chikuru imvura, saka taida kugadzira ivhu rinotora mvura kubva mumhepo yakapoteredza.
Kukohwa mvura kubva muvhu ndiko kutanga kukuru kwekushandisa tekinoroji, uye timu yesainzi yave ichishanda pairi kwemakore anopfuura maviri.