Performance analysis of a hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator system using heat pipe as heat sink for synergistic production of electricity

被引：41
作者：
Gao, Yuanzhi [1 ]
Wu, Dongxu [1 ]
Dai, Zhaofeng [1 ]
Wang, Changling [1 ]
Chen, Bo [1 ]
Zhang, Xiaosong [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Southeast Univ, Sch Energy & Environm, Nanjing 210096, Peoples R China
[2] Minist Educ China, Engn Res Ctr BEEE, Beijing, Peoples R China
来源：
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT | 2021年 / 249卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Photovoltaic-thermoelectric; Operating temperature; Flat plate heat pipe; Solar energy; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE; POWER; DESIGN;
D O I：
10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114830
中图分类号：
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
The conventional tandem photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator (PV-TEG) system has proved the feasibility of solar full-spectrum utilization technology. Nevertheless, the inconsistent operating temperature range for PV and TEG impedes the development of this technique. Hence, to tackle the challenge of mismatch operating temperature issues, a developed bifacial PV-TEG system combined with flat plate heat pipe (FPHP) is proposed in this study. A 3D numerical model has been built to make a comparative analysis between the bifacial FPHP-PV-TEG system and the conventional tandem FPHP-PV-TEG system. The influences of solar concentration ratio, convective heat transfer coefficient, external load resistance, different working fluids on the output power and conversion efficiency are analyzed. The obtained results indicate that the comprehensive performance of the proposed bifacial FPHP-PV-TEG system is superior to that of the conventional tandem FPHP-PV-TEG system. An increase of 20.98% and 14.05% in overall power generation and energy conversion efficiency could be achieved in bifacial FPHP-PV-TEG system compared with tandem FPHP-PV-TEG system, when the solar concentration ratio is 6 and the convective heat transfer coefficient is 1200 W/m2/K. Moreover, the behavior of the two systems could be enhanced by increasing the solar concentration ratio and the convective heat transfer coefficient. Besides, using water as working medium exhibits the best performance followed by ethanol and acetone in the bifacial FPHP-PV-TEG system, while the variation of working medium in tandem FPHP-PV-TEG system could be almost neglected.
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