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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ISEIMA.2006.344952