Experimental studies on a low concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (LCPV/T) collector with a thermoelectric generator (TEG) module

被引：58

作者：

Zhang, Heng ^{[1
]}

Yue, Han ^{[1
]}

Huang, Jiguang ^{[1
]}

Liang, Kai ^{[1
]}

Chen, Haiping ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Energy Power & Mech Engn, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China

来源：

RENEWABLE ENERGY | 2021年 / 171卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Solar energy; Photovoltaic cells; Solar heating; Thermoelectricity; LCPV/T; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE; HYBRID SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; FEASIBILITY; SIMULATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.133

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

This paper presents a low concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (LCPV/T) collector with thermoelectric generator (TEG) which is connected in series. LCPV/T produces heat and electricity while TEG transforms low-grade heat which is gained from LCPV/T into high-grade electricity. In this paper, the mathematical model is built, and the test rig is established to validity the numerical model. The performance of the proposed system under different ambient conditions is studied by test rig with biaxial tracking system. Besides, the effects of environmental parameters, the economic analysis and energy saving of the system in different seasons are also analyzed. The study result shows that the PV/T collector produces the maximum temperature of domestic hot water about 52.96 degrees C and a daily average electric power of 436.13W with daily average electrical efficiency of 14.34% in summer. By using the TEG module, another 1.68W (2.85% of the 436.13W) is generated in summer. In addition, the performance between LCPV/T in series and in parallel is researched. Moreover, the system have the potential of reducing the use of primary energy. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1026 / 1040

页数：15

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