Optimising thermal photovoltaic energy system for green and sustainable energy generation

Mafimidiwo, Olufunmilayo Alice; Saha, Akshay Kumar

doi:10.17159/2413-3051/2017/v28i3a1602

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“…Additionally, a few concentrated technology options have been constructed in recent years, however they seem to be just as promising. On a large scale, CLFRs could be much cheaper to construct [3,4]. As a source of renewable energy that produces no greenhouse gas emissions, concentrated solar power is an appropriate technology to reduce climate change; it produces electricity and does not emit greenhouse gasses.…”

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“…Due to its thermal storage capability and firm electric capacities, CSP plants are flexible and enhance energy security. So far, a total of 2304 megawatts (MW) of CSP have been installed throughout the world [4], with Spain and the United States leading the way [2]. Morocco and South Africa are also building solar plants, and Algeria, Australia, Egypt, and Morocco offer smaller solar fields that are regularly integrated into larger fossil fuel plants.…”

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“…Morocco and South Africa are also building solar plants, and Algeria, Australia, Egypt, and Morocco offer smaller solar fields that are regularly integrated into larger fossil fuel plants. CSP is still only being considered by a small number of countries worldwide [4].…”

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“…Steam turbines, in contrast to PV technologies, generate all the necessary supplementary services and dispatchable power, such as ramping supplies, control and spinning reserves [4]. Additionally, energy can be located in these plants for potential transformation to electricity.…”

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“…Additionally, energy can be located in these plants for potential transformation to electricity. CSP plants can continue to generate electricity without having disruption even when clouds prevent the sun, after sundown, or in the earlier morning when electrical power demand increases, whenever they are put together with thermal storage space capacity of a number of hours of full-capacity systems [4,13].…”

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Modeling and analysis of thermal photovoltaic energy generator using COMSOL multiphysics

Sharma¹,

Gupta²

2023

World J. Adv. Eng. Technol. Sci.

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Because of to their versatile energy choice alternatives, immovable elements, and opportunity for effective energy generation, thermophotovoltaic techniques have a vast range of achievable applications. For illustration, these devices could help us to offer convenient energy. Nevertheless, first enhance the performance of thermo-photovoltaic cell unit devices along with decrease system costs and system temperatures. To achieve such objectives, we use simulation to evaluate and improve their thermo-photovoltaic cell unit models. This research regarded as the different alternatives of enhancing system operation via successful deal with the operating circumstances. It examined solutions of the system formation for much better system performance and energy output and at bare minimum quantity working expenses. The number of mirrors and photovoltaic devices for employ in the construction had been set at eight as traditional for the procedure. A novel energy technique was constructed and was used to reproduce the energy effectiveness of the thermal photo voltaic modules. The boundaries situations utilized for the materials involved were defined and the appropriate physics utilized in the analysis of various operating circumstances that affected the system effectiveness. It is possible to reduce the costs of PV systems by using small area PV cells, which require some special mirrors to focus radiation onto photocells. Based on COMSOL Multiphysics (version 5.5) as a commercial FEM package, this paper develops a basic thermo-photovoltaic cell unit model. A variety of options examined for optimizing the operation of the system by controlling operating conditions effectively. For a two-dimensional system, it was demonstrated the correct physics to apply when studying various operating conditions which affected system performance.

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