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So, my first design is a bit ad-hock, still waiting on some of the parts to arrive. But, it is very simple.
Basically, I noticed I could not buy a drinking water dehumidifier. And, most condensation coils are not designed to be cleaned. So, I am going to use chemistry glass where (which turned out to be very cheap lol) as the heat exchange. A PC cooling thermo-electric generator to provide the cooling going into the heat exchange. Which should turn 100-200W of 12V or 24V DC solar panel energy into cooling. And, I've got lots of toxin free jugs to fill. Also, thinking that a low power ozone machine, running intermittently at the filtered air intake (a filter, then a fan, than a 3d printed funnel down to the glassware, maybe inject the ozone right after the fan) would keep the whole system clean.
Mind you, I don't have this working yet, so I am unsure if I will be in viable operation windows for the equipment. (more heat exchange stages or more cooler power may be likely)
Now, since mobility is a priority the glassware really isn't the best solution, (I think it will be very easy to keep clean, but that doesn't mean shit if it breaks). So an improvement will be food grade toxic free plastic hose, spooled inside of a jug, where the jugs is the heat exchange. Some care will need to be taken to ensure that you don't create a liquid trap somewhere along the path.
The only other things that come to mind, 1, the exchange and coil lines need to be insulated! And, 2, an adapter that sets nicely into a window, to get humid outside air, and return the excess heat to the outside would be useful if you are still in an urban environment.
And, I suppose that you could use a lower power system (smaller exchangers as well), and do a batch process on a volume of air, before exchanging it for new air with more moisture. Honestly, if you could feed the coolest air back into the process, it would probably be a lot more efficient. Just having the cold output, mix with the new input may improve the system significantly (as well as tuning the old:new ratio).
If my evaluation has any grounding in reality, this should be achievable for probably less than 100$, (maybe 200$ or 300$ with solar panels, depending on what kind of energy is required by the end.)