High productivity thermoelectric based distiller
Mohammad Tariq Nasir, Diaa Afaneh, Salah Salah
Abstract
ABSTRACT In this work, a thermoelectric water distiller is designed and constructed. The proposed design uses the hot side of the thermoelectric module for heating saline water up to its boiling point and the cold side of the thermoelectric module to condensate purified water drops. To study the effectiveness and productivity of the proposed distiller, an experimental study is conducted. The experimental results indicate that the system produces 216 mL/h purified water, where the input power is 127 Watts. A mathematical thermal model for this system is derived and simulations are implemented based on the derived model. Correspondingly, the simulated and experimental production rate values are compared. It is found that the difference between the experimental and the simulation results is around 20%.