| Abstrakt: |
An integration of photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric generator (TEG), called the photovoltaic-thermoelectric (PV-TEG) hybrid system, is a promised technique to influentially make wider the utilize of solar radiation that falling above the upper surface of the PV and harvesting the wasted heat in the PV via the TEG module to increase the total output power and boosted (PV-TEG) system comprehensive performance. The combination of photovoltaic and thermoelectric apparatus demands specific interest since the solar cell with the thermoelectric device own an inverse relation with temperature. Whereas the photovoltaic requests a minimum temperature to attain elevated efficiency, the TEG diversion efficiency depends on attaining significant temperature variation to promote the hybrid system performance. Therefore, in this research, a numerical analytical study was conducted for the different numbers, and distributions of the thermoelectric items are coupled with the photovoltaic system as S1(PV-204 items TEG), S2 (PV-94 items TEG), S3 (PV-85 items TEG), and S4 (PV-5O items TEG) hybrid systems under the identical boundary condition. The results appear that the S4 hybrid system is appropriate for the distribution and number of the TEG modules. Also, the S4 hybrid system performance is emulated with the solar cell system alone and the photovoltaic/ thermal system performance. The results appear that the PVT/TEG (S4) model generated power is higher by 21.65% and 3.8% compared with the traditional photovoltaic only and the PV/T system, respectively, under the same operating conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
