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I was thinking the warm outside air would condense when it passed through the cool center of the pile. No?

Thanks. If I built a chamber in the middle of the pile and placed evaporative coolers (large unglazed pot with smaller unglazed clay pot inside it and wet sand in between them) so that the core stayed around 60 degrees and ventilated the pile with PVC coming in from the sides and out the top...would the continuous moist airflow coming into the pile keep the condensation going or would it cycle from night (cold center) to day (not as cold)? My thanks, Chris

Hello. I'm playing around with the concept of air wells. I recently came across some information on rock piles that were built in ancient Greece to pull water out of the air via condensation that occurs in the cool center of the rock pile (60 feet in diameter and 30 feet tall). Can anyone help me figure out how to calculate the amount of water that could potentially be captured in a system like this? If you search for "Zibold Condenser" you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about. Mahalo, Chris