Systems and Methods for Generating Water From Air

A water generation system comprising:

• a housing having a front surface to collect solar radiation and a rear surface opposite the front surface, wherein the front surface comprises:
• a solar thermal portion having a first area to convert solar radiation collected thereon to heat;
• and
• a solar electric portion having a second area to convert solar radiation collected thereon to electrical energy;
• a sorption layer disposed below the solar thermal portion and comprising a hygroscopic material to capture water vapor from a process gas during a sorption mode, and release water vapor to a regeneration fluid heated via the solar thermal portion during a desorption mode;
• and,
• a heat exchange assembly disposed below the solar electric portion and comprising:
• a condenser to condense water from the regeneration fluid;
• a recuperator comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending heat exchange plates defining alternating flow layers to transfer heat from a first hot-side regeneration fluid flow output from the sorption layer to a second cold-side regeneration fluid flow output from the condenser.