Optimization of a cooling system based on Peltier effect for photovoltaic cells

Concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) solar collector systems: Part I – Fundamentals, design considerations and current technologies

“…Sharaf, M.F. Orhan / Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ∎ (∎∎∎∎) ∎∎∎-∎∎∎ 52 thermoelectric cooling [168], phase-change materials [169], and hybrid combinations between these mechanisms [170]. In general, active cooling is more complicated, more costly, and represents a parasitic load.…”

Numerical Investigation of Solar Enhanced Passive Air Cooling System for Concentration Photovoltaic Module Heat Dissipation

“…Generally, there are various cooling methods for the HCPV system in the literature, such as the passive air cooling [5]- [9], active air cooling [10], water cooling [11], [12], directly-immersed cooling [13], heat pipe cooling [14], micro-channel cooling [15], [16], jet impingement cooling [17], and Peltier effect cooling [18], [19]. In consideration of the reliability of cooling device, the passive air cooling may be the most practical cooling solution for the HCPV system.…”

Efficiency maximization and performance evaluation of hybrid dual channel semitransparent photovoltaic thermal module using fuzzyfied genetic algorithm

“…In the approach a thermo-electric module is used into the back side of the photovoltaic cell and it is also assumed that the power required to run the thermo-electric module is obtained from the cell. It has been observed that the proposed module is capable to keep the cell temperature at low level [8]. Optimization of design parameters of single channel glazed photovoltaic thermal array has been presented, with the help of evolutionary algorithm.…”