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That would make a good topic by itself, especially if anyone could toss in expected results (e.g. like the calculations in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler )

So an inversed Dyson bladeless fan.

Would this work with water flows?

Well there's hydropower (gravity) or tidal power (celestial bodies). Otherwise I don't think water can be focused the way wind can.