Experimental investigation on Peltier based hybrid PV/T active solar still for enhancing the overall performance

P. Pounraj; D. Prince Winston; A. E. Kabeel; B. Praveen Kumar; A. Muthu Manokar; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy; S. Cynthia Christabel

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.011

Experimental investigation on Peltier based hybrid PV/T active solar still for enhancing the overall performance

P. Pounraj, D. Prince Winston^*, A. E. Kabeel, B. Praveen Kumar, A. Muthu Manokar, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, S. Cynthia Christabel

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Abstract

The demand for water and electricity is gradually increasing throughout the years due to the modern lifestyle of humans to complete their daily activities. To make sustainable water and to produce electricity, the proposed experiment was done. In this, hybrid PV/T active solar still was designed and fabricated in which a solar PV powered Peltier system was incorporated. The Peltier used in this still helps in the enhancement of the distilled water production during both evaporation and condensation processes. Various investigations were made on the proposed active hybrid PV/T system to claim this as the best and it was succeeded. Finally, the proposed active hybrid solar PV/T still produces about 30% higher efficiency than the conventional passive still and also resulted in 38% improved efficiency than the actual solar PV system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-381
Number of pages	11
Journal	Energy Conversion and Management
Volume	168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.011
State	Published - 15 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Active solar still
Electrical efficiency
Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T)
Passive solar still
Thermal efficiency

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Experimental investigation on Peltier based hybrid PV/T active solar still for enhancing the overall performance

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