Research on Thermoelectric Coupling Characteristics of PV modules

The paper presents the thermoelectric coupling model for a photovoltaic (PV) module. Firstly, the five-parameter electrical model and the thermal model of the PV module are investigated. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the model, the numerical computation and experimental values under certain environmental conditions are compared. The experimental results demonstrate the model has reasonable accuracy. Furthermore, to investigate the PV modules performance under different ambient temperature, irradiance and wind speed, the model is used to simulate the thermoelectric characteristics of the PV module. The simulation results can provide meaningful method to predict power generation of the PV module under various conditions.