A solar hybrid thermoelectric generator and distillation system

A solar still of a single basin-slope coupled with a finned condensing chamber and installed thermoelectric modules at the bottom of the water basin has been presented in this paper. A mathematical model under steady state conditions has been introduced and improved to investigate the system performance. An increase of solar radiation and ambient temperature or a decrease in wind velocity affect positively the distillation rate, the still efficiency, and the system efficiency. Integrating a condenser and finned condenser increases the distillation rate of the proposed system. The results of the simulation have been verified by comparing them with published theoretical and experimental results, and the comparison shows very good agreement.