Can alcohol be used as a refrigerant to condense water out of the air?
Neb or another really smart member.
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Scroll to the part about desirable properties.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerant
Short answer is no. Because the liquid/gas phase change of Ethenol (pure drinking alcohol) is too high of a temperature. You want something that is "a gas". It'll turn to a liquid when you pressurize it, and get super cold when it turns back into a gas after depressurization. Like how a can of air gets cold when you use it for a while.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerant
Short answer is no. Because the liquid/gas phase change of Ethenol (pure drinking alcohol) is too high of a temperature. You want something that is "a gas". It'll turn to a liquid when you pressurize it, and get super cold when it turns back into a gas after depressurization. Like how a can of air gets cold when you use it for a while.
Cool. I was trying to think up some variety of water extraction/filtration systems to pull moisture out of the air like in that evaporator system I posted last week.
