Thermoelectric Cooling of a Photovoltaic Panel

Moshfegh, Hossein; Eslami, M. R.; Hosseini, Arian

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89845-2_44

Cited by 15 publications

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“…Thermoelectric cooling (TEC), also known as Peltier cooling, has often been used to cool PV panels' working temperature. The PV/TEC system combination works as a single unit to transform solar energy into electrical energy [64].…”

Section: Thermoelectric Coolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cooling Methods for Standard and Floating PV Panels

Majumder,

Kumar,

Innamorati

et al. 2023

Energies

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Energy and water poverty are two main challenges of the modern world. Most developing and underdeveloped countries need more efficient electricity-producing sources to overcome the problem of potable water evaporation. At the same time, the traditional way to produce energy/electricity is also responsible for polluting the environment and damaging the ecosystem. Notably, many techniques have been used around the globe, such as a photovoltaic (PV) cooling (active, passive, and combined) process to reduce the working temperature of the PV panels (up to 60 °C) to improve the system efficiency. For floating photovoltaic (FPV), water cooling is mainly responsible for reducing the panel temperature to enhance the production capacity of the PV panels, while the system efficiency can increase up to around 30%. At the same time, due to the water surface covering, the water loss due to evaporation is also minimized, and the water evaporation could be minimized by up to 60% depending on the total area covered by the water surfaces. Therefore, it could be the right choice for generating clean and green energy, with dual positive effects. The first is to improve the efficiency of the PV panels to harness more energy and minimize water evaporation. This review article focuses mainly on various PV and FPV cooling methods and the use and advantages of FPV plants, particularly covering efficiency augmentation and reduction of water evaporation due to the installation of PV systems on the water bodies.

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Section: Thermoelectric Coolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cooling Methods for Standard and Floating PV Panels

Majumder,

Kumar,

Innamorati

et al. 2023

Energies

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“…Consequently, The T.E. module should consume significantly less electricity than is provided by cooling power panels [33] in order to be dependable.…”

Section: Thermoelectric Techniquementioning

confidence: 99%

Methodologies Employed to Cool Photovoltaic Modules for Enhancing Efficiency: A Review

Saliha¹,

Abbas²,

Ali³

2022

AJES

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Photovoltaic cells are one of the renewable energy sources that have been employed to produce electrical energy from solar radiation falling on them, but not all incident radiate will produce electrical energy, part of those radiate cause the panel temperature to rise, reducing its efficiency and its operational life, unless an attempt is made to employ one of the traditional cooling methods or innovating other methods to cooling it to reduce this effect, which it represented in the active and passive cooling method. In fact, it is difficult to compare the active method with the passive method, as each method has its Advantages and disadvantages that may suit one region without another. But in general, there are basic factors through which at least a comparison between the two methods can be made. Relatively the passive method is less expensive, in addition to no need for additional parts such as pumps and controllers, there is no energy consumption because it does not require power. But it is less effective and efficient than the active method, while the active method has the ability to disperse the heat higher than the passive method. However, it necessitates the use of electricity and is frequently costlier than the passive strategy. In this review, the most common active and passive cases were reviewed, and the pros and cons of each case are summarized in discussion due to the difficulty to list them. The review recommends that future studies should focus on active water cooling and heat-sink, both of which are viable cooling strategies.

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“…The thermoelectric cooling system can be seen in Figure 5. The numerical investigation and experimental study of the TEG cooling technique can be found in [36] and [37], respectively. The experimental setup of the technique is shown in Figure 6.…”

Section: Thermoelectric Cooling Techniquementioning

confidence: 99%

Review of research in photovoltaic panels cooling for domestic and industrial applications

Yıldırım

Cebula

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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This paper presents a review of recent photovoltaic cooling technologies and techniques used to reduce the negative impact of increased temperature to enhance the production of electricity by photovoltaic (PV) modules. Various cooling methods are reviewed; namely, Thermoelectric cooling, PV cooling with phase change materials (PCM) and nanofluids, PV systems cooled by forced water circulation, water immersion cooling technique, PV systems cooled by heat sinks, and solar PV systems cooled by water spraying. Several research papers are reviewed, and their focus is explained to provide an understanding of each cooling method to decrease the surface temperature of PV modules. In the conclusion section, the advantages and disadvantages of the above-mentioned cooling methods are expressed. This work can be used by engineers working on the design and theory of cooled photovoltaic systems.

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Thermoelectric Cooling of a Photovoltaic Panel

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Cooling Methods for Standard and Floating PV Panels

Cooling Methods for Standard and Floating PV Panels

Methodologies Employed to Cool Photovoltaic Modules for Enhancing Efficiency: A Review

Review of research in photovoltaic panels cooling for domestic and industrial applications

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