Researchers look into futuristic ideas like atmospheric water, rain energy
Researchers look into futuristic ideas like atmospheric water, rain energy
NEW DELHI: When changing climatic conditions, increasing heat waves and other extreme weather events have challenged the availability of fresh water, experts advocate going beyond the conventional for futuristic solutions.
On March 22, as the UN World Water Day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water, here are a bunch of stakeholders who are looking at the futuristic solutions that stand out for their disruptive ideas in the country perennially battling water scarcity with less than three per cent land mass global share against the 18 per cent of population.
Dr Visakh Vaikuntanathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi–NCR, and his team have been working on a novel concept of harnessing rain energy by quantifying the amount of energy contained in rainfall of different intensities, light, medium, heavy, extremely heavy etc.
