Development of Solar Still based Micro-hydro Power Generation for Rural Electrification

The availability of drinking water and electric power generation are the major issues in rural areas. Establishing electricity-based water purification systems is not viable in rural territories, and installing a new transmission line is not applicable in this context. To overcome the issues of drinking water availability and rural electrification, the Microhydro Power Generation using Solar Still is implemented. A Solar still or Distillation unit operates as the same principle of rain formation: Evaporation and Condensation. In this research work, a hardware prototype is developed to demonstrate the operation of Micro-hydro Power Generation using Solar Still that can be used as a feasible solution to the unavailability of drinking water and electricity. Also, the real-time feasibility of implementing solar still is discussed. The overall efficiency of the prototype is 75%.