• DocumentCode
    2323485
  • Title

    Approach to the problem of water condensation by means of Photo Voltaic energy

  • Author

    Ferraris, Luca ; Ferraris, Paolo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Politec. di Torino, Alessandria
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    9-12 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    228
  • Lastpage
    233
  • Abstract
    The possibility to collect water through air humidity condensation by using static thermoelectric devices supplied with photovoltaic energy is the basic idea of this work. The applications should be very important in those cases where water has an enormous value and at the same time there is not the possibility to be connected to the grid. As we could not find anything in bibliography, an analysis of the parameters to be taken into account, and of the most suitable commercial devices has been conducted. A calculation instrument has been developed to foresee the electrical quantities to be taken under control in order to realize the process. As a result of the long experimental phase we could get water, and the activity is now going on in order to optimize the process.
  • Keywords
    condensation; cooling; photovoltaic power systems; thermoelectric devices; air humidity condensation; photovoltaic energy; static thermoelectric device; water condensation; Atmosphere; Bibliographies; Humidity; Indium tin oxide; Instruments; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Temperature dependence; Thermodynamics; Thermoelectric devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Environment Identities and Mediterranean Area, 2006. ISEIMA '06. First international Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Corte-Ajaccio
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0231-X
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0232-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISEIMA.2006.344952
  • Filename
    4150466