Du’a’

Egypt facing a water shortage crisis and finding new water sources in the desert rather
than The Nile is a must, this project aims to collect water through fog in Al-Tarfa Village in
Saint Catherine, form generation depends on raising wind speed through venturi effect
to reach 5 m/s speed which is suitable to collect more droplets.

The water movement through fog collector towers transfers this kinetic energy to electrical which reduces the
building’s carbon footprint. These towers are easy for the community to replace and
maintain anytime while the research center spreads this technology awareness among the
community.

Not every fog can be harvested it depends on various factors such as “humidity, wind
speed, wind direction, etc” Only the previous parameters are used in the design process.
Egypt has rarely thick fog to be harvested and slow wind speed on the ground surface
makes the process more complex, but it could be possible through some modifications, The
design simulations based on the numerical equations of the basking beetle fog-catching
behavior to raise wind speed to reach the optimum status of the fog collecting.

The numerical feasibility calculations based on the current status of fog collector
prices assume that the collectors are in the optimum status which provides the village
water with 210,000 E.P. for each cubic meter of water which is 10% cheaper and cleaner
than current Egyptian water desalination.