This document summarizes a study that developed a calculation technique to determine the optimal size of flat panel solar thermoelectric systems for combined heat and power production. The technique directly calculates the heat and electric power output based on system parameters like solar irradiation, thermoelectric generator size, and temperatures. The technique was validated through experiments with five commercial thermoelectric generators of varying sizes. Both the calculated and measured results showed there is an optimum system size that achieves maximum heat and electric power output, demonstrating the effectiveness of the developed calculation technique.
World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) was held at Linkoping, Sweden in May 2011.
Under the broad classification of Solar Thermal Heating (STH) applications, the topic of this paper is "An exergy based unified test protocol for solar cookers of different geometries".
Experiment study of water based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collectorIJECEIAES
Solar radiation can be converted to the electrical energy and thermal energy by photovoltaic panel and solar collector. In this experiment, PV/T collector was designed, fabricated and tested its performance. The experiment conducted on PV/T collector with water flow at mass flow rate 0.012 kg/s to 0.0255 kg/s. The water flow with the stainless stell absorber help the PV/T collector in increasing the convection of thermal heat transfer. The power output increase with increase of radiation. The efficiency of PVT varies with different intensity of radiation which stated in this experiment for 750 W/m2 and 900 W/m2. The analysis of energy and exergy are excuted and results show energy output for water based PV/T collector are 346 W for solar radiation 700 W/m2 and 457 W for solar radiation 900 W/m2. Meanwhile the total exergy output compared to the PV panel without stainless stell absorber, which the exergy increased by 22.48% for 700 W/m2 and 20.87% for 900 W/m2.
Review on Design and Theoretical Model of Thermoelectricijsrd.com
This paper presents the theoretical development of the equations that allow to evaluate the performance of an air conditioning system based on the thermoelectric effect. The cooling system is based on a phenomena discovered by Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, in 1834. According to this when electricity runs through a junction between two semiconductors with different properties, heat is dissipated or absorbed. Thus, thermoelectric modules are made by semiconductors materials sealed between two plates through which a continuous current flows and keeps one plate hot and the other cold. The most important parameters to evaluate the performance of the device thermoelectric refrigeration are the coefficient of performance, the heat pumping rate and the maximum temperature difference between the hot side and the cold side of the thermoelectric module.
Photovoltaic thermal (PVT), which is the popular technology for harvesting solar energy, receive solar energy and convert it into electrical and thermal energy simultaneously. In this review, design, heat transfer, energy modelling and performance analysis of PVT systems are presented. Four types of PVT systems base on heat transfer medium; air-based PVT system, water-based PVT system, the combination of water/air-based PVT system, and nanofluid-based PVT system are presented. In addition, major finding on energy and exergy analysis of PVT systems are summarized.
World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) was held at Linkoping, Sweden in May 2011.
Under the broad classification of Solar Thermal Heating (STH) applications, the topic of this paper is "An exergy based unified test protocol for solar cookers of different geometries".
Experiment study of water based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collectorIJECEIAES
Solar radiation can be converted to the electrical energy and thermal energy by photovoltaic panel and solar collector. In this experiment, PV/T collector was designed, fabricated and tested its performance. The experiment conducted on PV/T collector with water flow at mass flow rate 0.012 kg/s to 0.0255 kg/s. The water flow with the stainless stell absorber help the PV/T collector in increasing the convection of thermal heat transfer. The power output increase with increase of radiation. The efficiency of PVT varies with different intensity of radiation which stated in this experiment for 750 W/m2 and 900 W/m2. The analysis of energy and exergy are excuted and results show energy output for water based PV/T collector are 346 W for solar radiation 700 W/m2 and 457 W for solar radiation 900 W/m2. Meanwhile the total exergy output compared to the PV panel without stainless stell absorber, which the exergy increased by 22.48% for 700 W/m2 and 20.87% for 900 W/m2.
Review on Design and Theoretical Model of Thermoelectricijsrd.com
This paper presents the theoretical development of the equations that allow to evaluate the performance of an air conditioning system based on the thermoelectric effect. The cooling system is based on a phenomena discovered by Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, in 1834. According to this when electricity runs through a junction between two semiconductors with different properties, heat is dissipated or absorbed. Thus, thermoelectric modules are made by semiconductors materials sealed between two plates through which a continuous current flows and keeps one plate hot and the other cold. The most important parameters to evaluate the performance of the device thermoelectric refrigeration are the coefficient of performance, the heat pumping rate and the maximum temperature difference between the hot side and the cold side of the thermoelectric module.
Photovoltaic thermal (PVT), which is the popular technology for harvesting solar energy, receive solar energy and convert it into electrical and thermal energy simultaneously. In this review, design, heat transfer, energy modelling and performance analysis of PVT systems are presented. Four types of PVT systems base on heat transfer medium; air-based PVT system, water-based PVT system, the combination of water/air-based PVT system, and nanofluid-based PVT system are presented. In addition, major finding on energy and exergy analysis of PVT systems are summarized.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Experimental and Analytical Performance of Gas Gap Cryogenic Thermal Switch ...ijsrd.com
Heat switches are important devices in many cryogenic setups, especially in space applications and many systems have been used to allow a good ability to make or break a thermal contact. Among them, the so-called gas gap heat switches are known to be very reliable and simple due to the nonexistence of moving parts. The ON (conducting) state of the switch are obtained by varying the gas pressure and OFF (insulating) are obtained by creating vacuum in gap. In this paper, the gas gap cryogenic thermal switch is fabricated and tested using LN2 storage vessel. The thermal characteristics (Conductance in the ON and OFF state) of a "Gas Gap Heat Switch" are obtained experimentally and analytically using nitrogen as exchange gas. It is concluded that for both ON and OFF state, thermal conductance increases as heat load increases.
Energy and exergy analysis of air based photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector:...IJECEIAES
Photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collectors convert solar radiation directly to both electrical and thermal energies. A PVT collector basiccaly combines the functions of a flat plate solar collector and those of a PV panel. This review presents thermodinamics fundamentals, descriptions, and previous works conducted on energy and exergy analysis of air based PVT collector. Studies in 2010 to 2018 of the energy and exergy analysis of air based PVT collectors are summarized. The energy and exergy efficiency of air based PVT collector ranges from 31% to 94% and 8.7% to 18%, respectively. In addition, flat plate solar collector is presented. Studies conducted on air based PVT collectors are reviewed.
“Experimental Analysis of Solar Water Heater, with Heat Exchanger”IOSRJMCE
Solar energy is a very large, inexhaustible source of energy. The power from the sun which is intercepted by the earth is tremendously larger than the present consumption rate on the earth of all the commercial energy sources. Therefore the fabrication of such a solar water heater is done which can utilize this energy in a better way. Square shaped aluminium tube coated with a black paint constitutes the solar absorber on the above collector. The copper heat exchanger is placed between solar collector and water tank. To improve its efficiency distilled water is made to flow through the collector and then its testing is carried out and some desirable results were acquired
Analysis of Energy Generation from Exhaust of Automobile using Peltier Thermo...ijtsrd
In recent past days, big deal of the automobile industry's RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT Practicing on improving overall efficiency of vehicle. It has brought a major interest in the field of making internal combustion engines highly efficient 1 . In past days, only 25 30 energy is used in the vehicle and rest is exposed to surroundings. The useful energy is used to run the engine as well as generator. So the efficiency of those engine were very less. But the efficiency can be improved by utilizing waste heat that is exhaust of vehicle. One of the best technology that was found to be useful for this purpose were thermoelectric generator. In this, we study and investigated the use of thermoelectric generator for power production 2 . Thermoelectric generator works by imparting exhaust's gas stream on its surface and small D.C. electric current developed due to difference in temperature across heat exchanger that is put in the pathway of exhaust gas i.e. working on seebeck effect principle. An output Voltage of 200mV was generated using a single Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module for a temperature difference of about 40o C which can be used in charging battery, headlight, G.P.S. systems, etc. Such that it can reduce the level of alternator's frictional power that is used to save fuel and also in automotive industry to increase the efficiency of engine 1 . Naveen Kumar | Vaibhav Setia | Sunil Kumar Patel | Satyam Upadhyay, | Saurabh Chauhan, | Prakhar Bajpai ""Analysis of Energy Generation from Exhaust of Automobile using Peltier (Thermoelectric Generator)"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd22986.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/transport-engineering/22986/analysis-of-energy-generation-from-exhaust-of-automobile-using-peltier-thermoelectric-generator/naveen-kumar
Solar photovoltaic thermal (PV/t) parabolic trough collector systemManav Shah
This system consists of concentrating parabolic trough collector to magnify the solar radiation onto the focal point where absorber tube has been placed. Working fluid such as water is passed from the tube with the help of pump. In order to increase the overall efficiency of the system, photovoltaic cells are placed on the absorber tube so that hot water and electricity can be produced from one integrated system.
This paper explores the adaptive optimal design of Active Thermally Insulated (ATI) windows to significantly improve energy efficiency. The ATI window design uses ther- mostats to actively control thermoelectric (TE) units and fans to regulate the overall ther- modynamic properties of the windows. The windows are used to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature. Since weather conditions vary with different geographical locations and with time, the thermodynamic properties of the windows should adapt accordingly. The electric power supplied to the TE units and the fans are dynamically controlled so as to provide an optimal operation under varying weather conditions. Optimization of the ATI window design is a multiobjective problem. The problem minimizes both the heat trans- ferred through the window and electric power consumption. The heat transfer through the ATI windows is analyzed using FLUENT; and the optimization is performed using MAT- LAB. Since the computational expense of optimization for numerous weather conditions is excessive, the power supplies are optimized under a reasonably small number of weather conditions. Based on the optimal results obtained for these conditions, a surrogate model is developed to represent the optimal results in a wide range of weather conditions. The surrogate model is used to evaluate optimal power supplies with respect to different val- ues of outside temperature, wind speed, and intensity of solar radiation. Thermometers, anemometers, and solar radiation sensors are used to sense these weather conditions. With the inputs from the sensors, the thermostats determine the operating conditions and cal- culate the corresponding optimal power supplies using the surrogate model. Since the ATI windows are operated with optimal power supplies, high energy efficiency is achieved.
In this Thesis I will try to understand the concept associated with cooling towers and model a laboratory sized cooling tower in a software package called Engineering Equation Solver (EES). An example of system modelling is presented in this progress report, along with the comparison of a set of results with an experimental data from P.A Hilton Model H892 Bench top cooling tower with a maximum of 9% error. A user interface is also modelled to simulate off-design performance rather than conducting experiments. It also allows you to do additional scenarios that cannot be practically being done in lab,
like Relative humidity, etc.
วารสารวิชาการเทคโนโลยีพลังงานและสิ่งแวดล้อม บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย วิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีสยาม
Journal of Energy and Environment Technology of Graduate School Siam Technology College
Performance Improvement of Solar PV Cells using Various Cooling Methods: A Re...rahulmonikasharma
the operating surface is a key operational factor to take into consideration to achieve higher efficiency when operating solar photovoltaic system. Proper cooling can improve the electric efficiency and decrease the rate of cell degradation with time, resulting in maximization of the life span of photovoltaic modules. The excessive heat removed by the cooling system used in domestic, commercial or industrial applications. Various cooling methods available for PV cells Such as Active and Passive cooling system. In this paper use various cooling methods for PV panel. Just like it heat pipe, floating, PCM used in back side of PV panel, evaporative cooling for PV panel.
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ENERGY SAVINGS IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR USING TWO THERMOELECTRIC MODULES& WAT...ijiert bestjournal
The study deals with hybrid refrigerator that combi nes thermoelectric (TER) and vapor compression refrigeration (VCR) and also entail exp erimental details of combined VCR & TER system. Objective is to configure hybrid refrig erator by introducing two Peltier modules (TER) in domestic refrigerator and to analyze compr essor cycles of conventional refrigerator with TER to increase energy efficiency of vapor com pression cycle. For this comparison of standalone VCR and Hybrid VCR+TER system is carried out. A Peltier module of size 4cm � 4cm � .4cm is introduced in the refrigerator cabinet & t he effect on energy efficiency in terms of trip time of compressor is recorded. The e ffect of Air cooled & Water cooled condenser with TER in different structures is also investigated. It is observed that by introducing thermoelectric effect,energy consumpti on of VCR is reduced by almost 10.92% annually,which accounts for 80 units per year. Thu s ultimately improving COP of the hybrid system with better control on temperature over the total run time.
ENGINE BATTERY HYPER- CHARGING FOR HYBRID CARSAM Publications
In I.C Engines, the excess heat during the power stroke plays a vital role. Many new concepts are generated to cool the engine. This paper deals with usage of Excess heat from the cylinder of any engine there-by generating power using Thermo electric generators (TEG). The TEG’s are used to generate electric power which can be stored in battery for the later consumption. Here we are going to deal with a hybrid engine.
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM USING THERMOELECTRIC...IAEME Publication
The hybrid solar system assumed to be consist of thermoelectric generator (TEG) and evacuated tube with efficiency extracted under standard condition of 1000 w/m2and ambient temperature 25 C, then the efficiency of hybrid system measured at different solar radiation and temperature. In addition the thermal efficiency and electrical efficiency are extracted. The study was done with different figure of merit (ZT) (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4) of thermoelectric generator (TEG). The heat transfer coefficient of evacuated tube 0.89 W/k.m and temperature dependent that transfer coefficient 0.001w/k2. m the calculation and graphs were done by MATLAB program
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Experimental and Analytical Performance of Gas Gap Cryogenic Thermal Switch ...ijsrd.com
Heat switches are important devices in many cryogenic setups, especially in space applications and many systems have been used to allow a good ability to make or break a thermal contact. Among them, the so-called gas gap heat switches are known to be very reliable and simple due to the nonexistence of moving parts. The ON (conducting) state of the switch are obtained by varying the gas pressure and OFF (insulating) are obtained by creating vacuum in gap. In this paper, the gas gap cryogenic thermal switch is fabricated and tested using LN2 storage vessel. The thermal characteristics (Conductance in the ON and OFF state) of a "Gas Gap Heat Switch" are obtained experimentally and analytically using nitrogen as exchange gas. It is concluded that for both ON and OFF state, thermal conductance increases as heat load increases.
Energy and exergy analysis of air based photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector:...IJECEIAES
Photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collectors convert solar radiation directly to both electrical and thermal energies. A PVT collector basiccaly combines the functions of a flat plate solar collector and those of a PV panel. This review presents thermodinamics fundamentals, descriptions, and previous works conducted on energy and exergy analysis of air based PVT collector. Studies in 2010 to 2018 of the energy and exergy analysis of air based PVT collectors are summarized. The energy and exergy efficiency of air based PVT collector ranges from 31% to 94% and 8.7% to 18%, respectively. In addition, flat plate solar collector is presented. Studies conducted on air based PVT collectors are reviewed.
“Experimental Analysis of Solar Water Heater, with Heat Exchanger”IOSRJMCE
Solar energy is a very large, inexhaustible source of energy. The power from the sun which is intercepted by the earth is tremendously larger than the present consumption rate on the earth of all the commercial energy sources. Therefore the fabrication of such a solar water heater is done which can utilize this energy in a better way. Square shaped aluminium tube coated with a black paint constitutes the solar absorber on the above collector. The copper heat exchanger is placed between solar collector and water tank. To improve its efficiency distilled water is made to flow through the collector and then its testing is carried out and some desirable results were acquired
Analysis of Energy Generation from Exhaust of Automobile using Peltier Thermo...ijtsrd
In recent past days, big deal of the automobile industry's RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT Practicing on improving overall efficiency of vehicle. It has brought a major interest in the field of making internal combustion engines highly efficient 1 . In past days, only 25 30 energy is used in the vehicle and rest is exposed to surroundings. The useful energy is used to run the engine as well as generator. So the efficiency of those engine were very less. But the efficiency can be improved by utilizing waste heat that is exhaust of vehicle. One of the best technology that was found to be useful for this purpose were thermoelectric generator. In this, we study and investigated the use of thermoelectric generator for power production 2 . Thermoelectric generator works by imparting exhaust's gas stream on its surface and small D.C. electric current developed due to difference in temperature across heat exchanger that is put in the pathway of exhaust gas i.e. working on seebeck effect principle. An output Voltage of 200mV was generated using a single Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module for a temperature difference of about 40o C which can be used in charging battery, headlight, G.P.S. systems, etc. Such that it can reduce the level of alternator's frictional power that is used to save fuel and also in automotive industry to increase the efficiency of engine 1 . Naveen Kumar | Vaibhav Setia | Sunil Kumar Patel | Satyam Upadhyay, | Saurabh Chauhan, | Prakhar Bajpai ""Analysis of Energy Generation from Exhaust of Automobile using Peltier (Thermoelectric Generator)"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd22986.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/transport-engineering/22986/analysis-of-energy-generation-from-exhaust-of-automobile-using-peltier-thermoelectric-generator/naveen-kumar
Solar photovoltaic thermal (PV/t) parabolic trough collector systemManav Shah
This system consists of concentrating parabolic trough collector to magnify the solar radiation onto the focal point where absorber tube has been placed. Working fluid such as water is passed from the tube with the help of pump. In order to increase the overall efficiency of the system, photovoltaic cells are placed on the absorber tube so that hot water and electricity can be produced from one integrated system.
This paper explores the adaptive optimal design of Active Thermally Insulated (ATI) windows to significantly improve energy efficiency. The ATI window design uses ther- mostats to actively control thermoelectric (TE) units and fans to regulate the overall ther- modynamic properties of the windows. The windows are used to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature. Since weather conditions vary with different geographical locations and with time, the thermodynamic properties of the windows should adapt accordingly. The electric power supplied to the TE units and the fans are dynamically controlled so as to provide an optimal operation under varying weather conditions. Optimization of the ATI window design is a multiobjective problem. The problem minimizes both the heat trans- ferred through the window and electric power consumption. The heat transfer through the ATI windows is analyzed using FLUENT; and the optimization is performed using MAT- LAB. Since the computational expense of optimization for numerous weather conditions is excessive, the power supplies are optimized under a reasonably small number of weather conditions. Based on the optimal results obtained for these conditions, a surrogate model is developed to represent the optimal results in a wide range of weather conditions. The surrogate model is used to evaluate optimal power supplies with respect to different val- ues of outside temperature, wind speed, and intensity of solar radiation. Thermometers, anemometers, and solar radiation sensors are used to sense these weather conditions. With the inputs from the sensors, the thermostats determine the operating conditions and cal- culate the corresponding optimal power supplies using the surrogate model. Since the ATI windows are operated with optimal power supplies, high energy efficiency is achieved.
In this Thesis I will try to understand the concept associated with cooling towers and model a laboratory sized cooling tower in a software package called Engineering Equation Solver (EES). An example of system modelling is presented in this progress report, along with the comparison of a set of results with an experimental data from P.A Hilton Model H892 Bench top cooling tower with a maximum of 9% error. A user interface is also modelled to simulate off-design performance rather than conducting experiments. It also allows you to do additional scenarios that cannot be practically being done in lab,
like Relative humidity, etc.
วารสารวิชาการเทคโนโลยีพลังงานและสิ่งแวดล้อม บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย วิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีสยาม
Journal of Energy and Environment Technology of Graduate School Siam Technology College
Performance Improvement of Solar PV Cells using Various Cooling Methods: A Re...rahulmonikasharma
the operating surface is a key operational factor to take into consideration to achieve higher efficiency when operating solar photovoltaic system. Proper cooling can improve the electric efficiency and decrease the rate of cell degradation with time, resulting in maximization of the life span of photovoltaic modules. The excessive heat removed by the cooling system used in domestic, commercial or industrial applications. Various cooling methods available for PV cells Such as Active and Passive cooling system. In this paper use various cooling methods for PV panel. Just like it heat pipe, floating, PCM used in back side of PV panel, evaporative cooling for PV panel.
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journal publishing, how to publish research paper, Call For research paper, international journal, publishing a paper, IJERD, journal of science and technology, how to get a research paper published, publishing a paper, publishing of journal, publishing of research paper, reserach and review articles, IJERD Journal, How to publish your research paper, publish research paper, open access engineering journal, Engineering journal, Mathemetics journal, Physics journal, Chemistry journal, Computer Engineering, Computer Science journal, how to submit your paper, peer reviw journal, indexed journal, reserach and review articles, engineering journal, www.ijerd.com, research journals,
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ENERGY SAVINGS IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR USING TWO THERMOELECTRIC MODULES& WAT...ijiert bestjournal
The study deals with hybrid refrigerator that combi nes thermoelectric (TER) and vapor compression refrigeration (VCR) and also entail exp erimental details of combined VCR & TER system. Objective is to configure hybrid refrig erator by introducing two Peltier modules (TER) in domestic refrigerator and to analyze compr essor cycles of conventional refrigerator with TER to increase energy efficiency of vapor com pression cycle. For this comparison of standalone VCR and Hybrid VCR+TER system is carried out. A Peltier module of size 4cm � 4cm � .4cm is introduced in the refrigerator cabinet & t he effect on energy efficiency in terms of trip time of compressor is recorded. The e ffect of Air cooled & Water cooled condenser with TER in different structures is also investigated. It is observed that by introducing thermoelectric effect,energy consumpti on of VCR is reduced by almost 10.92% annually,which accounts for 80 units per year. Thu s ultimately improving COP of the hybrid system with better control on temperature over the total run time.
ENGINE BATTERY HYPER- CHARGING FOR HYBRID CARSAM Publications
In I.C Engines, the excess heat during the power stroke plays a vital role. Many new concepts are generated to cool the engine. This paper deals with usage of Excess heat from the cylinder of any engine there-by generating power using Thermo electric generators (TEG). The TEG’s are used to generate electric power which can be stored in battery for the later consumption. Here we are going to deal with a hybrid engine.
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM USING THERMOELECTRIC...IAEME Publication
The hybrid solar system assumed to be consist of thermoelectric generator (TEG) and evacuated tube with efficiency extracted under standard condition of 1000 w/m2and ambient temperature 25 C, then the efficiency of hybrid system measured at different solar radiation and temperature. In addition the thermal efficiency and electrical efficiency are extracted. The study was done with different figure of merit (ZT) (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4) of thermoelectric generator (TEG). The heat transfer coefficient of evacuated tube 0.89 W/k.m and temperature dependent that transfer coefficient 0.001w/k2. m the calculation and graphs were done by MATLAB program
Battery charging using thermoelectric generation module in automobileseSAT Journals
Abstract
The idea of this project is to utilise the waste heat energy being generated in automobiles. It involves the trapping of heat energy being generated from the heat source in vehicles and convert to electrical energy which can be used for many appliances. The heat energy and the temperature from the heat source is being sensed by the thermocouple and is converted to electrical energy by a device called Thermoelectric Generator which works on Seebeck effect. The electric potential produced in thermoelectric generator is boosted by the boost converter thereby increasing the magnitude of voltage, required for charging battery. Further, the battery is connected to run the auxiliary appliances in the system.
Keywords: Thermocouple; Thermoelectric Generator; Seebeck effect, Boost converter
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Peltier Thermoelectric Modules Modeling and EvaluationCSCJournals
The purpose of this work is to develop and experimentally test a model for the Peltier effect heat pump for the transient simulation in Spice software. The proposed model uses controlled sources and lumped components and its parameters can be directly calculated from the manufacturer’s data-sheets. In order to validate this model, a refrigeration chamber was designed and fabricated by using the Peltier modules. The overall system was experimentally tested and simulated with Spice. The simulation results were found to be compatible with the experimental results. This model will help designers to better design thermal systems using the Peltier modules.
Nowadays humans are facing difficult issues, such as increasing power costs, environmental pollution and global warming.. Scientists are focusing on enhancing energy-harvesting power generators in an effort to lessen their effects. Through the Seebeck effect, thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have proven they are capable of converting thermal energy directly into electric power. Thermoelectric systems have arisen during the past ten years as a possible alternative to existing green energy generation technologies because of the distinctive advantages they provide.
Review on Thermoelectric materials and applicationsijsrd.com
In this paper thermoelectric materials are theoretically analyzed. The thermoelectric cooler device proposed here uses semiconductor material and uses current to transport energy (i.e., heat) from a cold source to a hot source via n- and p-type carriers. This device is fabricated by combining the standard n- and p-channel solid-state thermoelectric cooler with a two-element device inserted into each of the two channels to eliminate the solid-state thermal conductivity. The heat removed from the cold source is the energy difference, because of field emitted electrons from the n-type and p-type semiconductors. The cooling efficiency is operationally defined as where V is the anode bias voltage The cooling device here is shown to have an energy transport (i.e., heat) per electron of about500 me V depending on concentration and field while, in good thermoelectric coolers, it is about 50-60 me V at room temperature.
Effect analysis of the different channel length and depth of photovoltaic the...IJECEIAES
The converted Solar energy as electrical and thermal energy was named photovoltaic thermal (PVT). The aim of this study is to the analysis of different length and depth channel effect of photovoltaic thermal with ∇-groove collector by a mathematical model. The matrix inversion was used to analyze the energy balance equation. Simulation results were conducted below the solar intensity of 800 W/m 2 and mass flow rate between 0.0069 kg/s and 0.0491 kg/s. Electrical and thermal efficiency was done to assess the effect of different length and channel depth of PVT system with ∇-groove collector. The effect of different length and depth of ∇-groove collector for electrical and thermal performance is caused by changed mass flow rate. The effect Increasing of the mass flow rate of collector increased the thermal and electrical performance of the ∇-groove collector.
Photovoltaic (PV) cell from solar energy is one of the most widely adopted renewable energy source and commercially available system that can be used in various applications. More appealing application of PV arrays used in thermoelectric (TE) device was it can convert solar thermal energy from temperature difference into electric energy to act as power generators. In this study, a theoretical model is developed by using conducting steady state energy analysis of a PVT-TE air collector. The matrix inversion method is used to obtain energy balance equation. The effect of various parameters also investigated. The mass flow rate of range 0.01 kg/s to 0.05 kg/s and solar intensity of 400 W/m2, 600 W/m2 and 800 W/m2 was used to obtain outlet temperature, To in the range about 28.9oC to 43.7oC and PV temperature, Tp about 35.3oC to 60oC.
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THE OPTIMAL FLAT PANEL SOLAR
THERMOELECTRIC GEOMETRIES FOR HEAT
AND ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
Ramadan Kazuz, PhD
College of engineering technology, Tripoli- Libya
Abstract
A calculation technique provides direct calculation of the heat and
electric power of flat panel solar thermoelectric system is established, this
was in order to determine the optimum system size optimization for
combined water heating and electricity generation. The system size
optimization is trade-off between the thermoelement length, cross-section
area and the solar absorber size. The technique is developed under the
conditions of given solar irradiation, the thermoelectric (TEG) cold side
temperature, cross-section area and number of thermoelements. The
calculation technique is verified by experimental setup, which comprises of
uncovered flat black painted solar absorber, a heat sink partly submerged on
water system and TEG device which was sandwiched in between, 5
commercial TEG devices of different sizes were examined, the steady state
TEG open circle voltage and temperatures were measured to evaluate the
electric and thermal power experimentally. The data obtained through the
calculation technique was validated against the experimental data. The
results show that there is an optimum size of the system, decreasing or
increasing the size further wouldn’t achieve the optimum performance. The
established calculation technique provide the designer (manufacturer) and
users with good indication of what TEG size they should use, thus saving
the user’s time of examining different TEGs with different aspect ratios
(sizes ) and saving manufacturing cost by using less material.
Keywords: Combined Heat and Power, Solar Hot Water, Thermoelectric
Generator, Seebeck effect, Conduction heat transfer, Aspect ratio
Nomenclature
Q abs The amount of heat absorbed by the solar absorber [ Watt ].
Q Lost The amount of heat emitted from the absorber to the surrounding [ Watt].
Q rad The amount of heat emitted by radiation from the absorber [ Watt].
Q con The amount of heat emitted by convection from the absorber [ Watt].
Q TEG The amount of heat transferred through the thermoelectric generator [ Watt]
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Cp Copper specific heat [ J.Kg-1
.K-1
]
Ac The absorber area [ m2
].
σ Steven and Boltzmann, Constant [ W.m-2
.K4
]
ε Absorber emissivity
Th Absorber and TEG temperature
Tc Cold side temperature of TEG
Ta Ambient temperature [room temperature]
h Convection coefficient
TEG Thermoelectric generator
ATEG TEG area [ m2
]
L Thermoelement length [m ]
K Thermal conductivity of TEG material[ Wm-2
.K-1
]
N Number of the thermo element in TEG
α Seebeck coefficient
ρ Electrical resistivity of the TEG material
lc Length of contacts layers [1mm]
r Resistivity ratio
n Conductivity ratio
R The TEG internal resistance value
V The voltage drops cross TEG
Introduction
Combined heat and power (CHP) is to generate heat and electric power from
one system. CHP systems offer significant contribution to pollutant
emissions reduction in addition to energy saving and high performances
compared with the system in separate production (Ferreira et al., 2012).
Recently, interest in CHP production based on solar system, especially for
domestic application, has been expanded (Pearce, 2009). Generally, there are
two different approaches for generating hot water and electricity based on
roof top solar system; to benefit from photoelectric or Seebeck effect, by
adding photovoltaic cell (PV) or Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) to solar
hot water system, called either Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) or Solar
thermoelectric (STEG).
Although CHP systems based on STEG technology are not widely
commercialised, PV/T system is available (Herrando et al., 2014). Despite
the fact that PV/T system has some advantages such as increasing the overall
system efficiency, where the heat wasted from PV cells can be used to heat
the water (Pearce, 2009), it also has few disadvantages. The key issue with
this system is that it only works during day light (under appearance of the
sun only) and the operation temperature needs to be kept at lower than 50ºC.
This due to the fact that the efficiency of PV cells decreases with increasing
temperature (Mahtani et al., 2007). Such limitation may affect the hot water
to reach the hygienic temperature (Watts, 2000), and consequently, a
deployment photovoltaic in hot climate countries can tremendously decrease
the system efficiency. While the later disadvantage is one of the advantages
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of the solar thermoelectric (STEG) system, as the higher temperature is the
better TEG performance, which indicate that it preforms even better in
country with hot climate, even more, STEG system benefits of simple
constructed, easy to control, easy to replace, high reliability, less
maintenance, longer life operation, and the main advantage it does not
depend on sunlight. Furthermore, the efficiency has the potential to be
improved dramatically by using more efficient TEG material (Fleurial,
1999). Recent publications show that the electric conversion efficiency of
STEG system increased to up to 5% instead of 2% previously recorded
(Arturo et al., 2013; Kramer et al., 2011). The objective of this study is to
investigate the optimal STEG size optimization based on flat panel system
to achieve the maximum heat and electric power output.
Experiment system description
A module representing small scale solar thermoelectric system based on flat
panel has been designed and constructed as shown in Fig. 1, aiming to
evaluate the heat and electric power generated by the system, this by
measuring the system temperatures (Th, Tc and Tw ) as well as the TEG
voltage output at open circuit condition. The system consists of halogen lamp
as solar source, a copper plate as solar absorber, heat exchanger immersed in
water container, and TEG sandwiched between the heat absorber and the
heat exchanger. The solar absorber measuring 0.13m x 0.13m x 0.001 m,
was painted black at the top surface, high temperature black matt paint (pnm
type) was used. A channel was machined on the back side of the absorber to
accommodate a k-type thermocouple for measuring the temperature of the
absorber, which also the hot side of the TEG (Th). Another thermocouple is
placed on a groove on the top of the aluminium heat exchanger in order to
measure the TEG cold side temperature (Tc). The heat exchanger is
submerged into 450 ml of water in plastic container, magnetic stirrer was
used to improve the water heat transfer, and the temperature of the water
(Tw) was measured by another thermocouple placed into the water. Due to
the stability of the light radiation of the incident on the absorber, a halogen
lamp with light intensity of 1.7 kw/m2 was employed, since that halogen
provides better approximation to the solar spectrum than their tungsten
counterparts (Riffat and Mayere, 2012). The halogen lamp is placed 7.5 cm
above the surface of the solar absorber.
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Figure. 1. Schematic diagram of the energy flow of the system shown in Fig. 1.
Five commercial TEG with different geometries and sizes (Table 1) were
studied.
Figure. 1. System design and construction
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Mathematical analysis
As shown in Fig. 1 and 2, when the system expose to the radiation of the
light source (Qin), some of this radiation is reflected back from the top
surface of the absorber (Qr ), and the remaining is received and converted
into heat by the absorber (Qa) ,
Qin = Qr + Ql (1)
The TEG is operated by the heat flow by Qa, and when the proposed
system reaches the heat equilibrium condition, Qa is equal to its heat lost
from the absorber (Ql) in addition to the heat transferred through the
TEG(QTEG):
Qa= Ql + QTEG (2)
Ql is mainly due to the convection (Qconv) and radiation (Qrad) effects, and
therefore the total heat lost can be considered as:
Ql = Qrad + Qconv
Ql =[h Ac (Th –Ta )] + [ ε σ Ac (Th
4
–Ta
4
) ] (3)
Where Th is the measured absorber temperature, Ac is the measured absorber
area, and Ta is the room temperature. While Stefan Boltzmann constant (σ),
the convection coefficient (h) and the absorber’s emissivity (ε) were obtained
from the literature (Fan and Akbarzadeh 2011; Nellis and Klein 2008). The
amount of heat lost from the absorber was obtained through equation 3.The
system thermal power can be obtained by finding Q TEG, by assuming that
there is no heat lost, and all heat transferred though TEG (Q TEG) is totally
absorbed by water (QW), by other mean QW ≈ Q TEG.
Table1:The TEG modules geometries
Sample
ID
N A
(m2
)
L
(m)
Module Size
(Ax2N)/L (m)
R
(Ω)
Sample 1 72 1.6x10-6
1.7x10-3
0.136 1.8
Sample 2 127 1x10-6
1.5×10-3
0.169 6.5
Sample 3 127 2x10-6
1.7×10-3
0.299 3.5
Sample 4 127 7.6x10-6
3.6×10-3
0.536 1.6
Sample 5 48 1.7x10-5
2.4×10-3
0.680 0.2
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Heat transferred through the TEG is mainly due to the conduction effect, and
then the heat power production of the system can be determined by using
Fourier law:
𝑄 𝑇𝐸𝐺 =
KATEG(𝑇ℎ− 𝑇𝑐)
L
( 4)
Then heat transfer formula through the system at the steady state will be the
combination between equation 2, 3 and 4, as follows:
Qabs = h Ac(Th − Ta) + εσ Ac �Th
4
− Ta
4
� +
KATEG(𝑇ℎ − 𝑇𝑐)
L
(5)
Theoretically, to determine the best TEG geometry, where the optimum heat
and electric power output can be obtained, different TEG length values
investigated, based on equation 5, and at condition where the value of Qabs
and ATEG are given as constant, each length value given will have its
corresponded ∆T. As TEG ∆T is established for every given TEG length,
the electric power can be calculated by using the following equation (Min,
2010):
𝑃 =
Nα²AΔT²
2ρ(n + L)(1 +
2rLc
L
)2
(6)
All the parameters and values used in equation 6, excluding N, A, L and ∆T
are obtained from the literature (Min, 2010). The α is the TEG material
seebeck coefficient with a value of =200µV/k, ρ is the electrical resistivity
with a value of 1×10−5
(Ω.m), Lc is the length of the TEG contacts layers
with a value of 1mm, r is the electrical resistivity ratio with a value of 0.2,
n is the thermal conductivity ratio with a value of 0.1mm, and N represents
the TEG thermo element numbers.
The results of the temperature difference and the electric power obtained by
theory were compared with the measured results obtained by experiments
using the same system conditions (geometries), in order to validate the
theatrical technique. In order to measure the maximum electrical power, the
open circuit voltage and the TEG internal resistance were measured, and the
electric power was determined by the following equation which obtained
from the literature (Min, 2010):
𝑃 =
𝑉²
4𝑅
(7)
Results and discussion
The heat and electric power of the system is largely reliant on the TEG ∆T,
and its sizes (geometries). The approach of the proposed technique is to
estimate the TEG ∆T at different sizes, under the condition that the input
heat remains constant for all sizes (equation 5). The ∆T of 5 flat panel solar
TEG systems, with different sizes, have been experimentally measured and
theoretically calculated in order to obtain the measured and the calculated
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heat and power for each system. The results of TEG ∆T as function of the
module size in both methods at the steady state condition are compared, and
shown in Fig. 3.
Figure. 3. Comparing the ∆T experimentally and thematically obtained by the
developed technique.
Comparing the ∆T gained by the different approaches shows a good
agreement. The maximum deviation between the two methods was around
16%, occurring at the system with the smallest size (module with size of
0.132). These results indicate that the calculation technique to predict ∆T is
effective; consequently, the results are applied to calculate the heat and
electric power. The results of the measured and calculated heat and electrical
power were also compared to each other, and both results as function of the
module size are shown in fig 4 and 5.
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Figure 4. The measured and calculated results of the electric power as function of the TEG
aspect ratio.
Figure 5. The measured and the calculated results of the heat power as function of the aspect
ratio.
Comparison between the results gathered by experiment and by calculation
based on the calculated ∆T was carried out. The results of both methods on
heat power based on the steady state (QTEG) shows variation of less than
10%, while maximum variation between the results of the electric power in
the two methods was around 20 %, which recorded at the smaller module
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size. Fig. 4 and 5 show that the optimal heat and electric power value
resulted by calculation and the measured are matched, module with
geometries (size) of 0.53 achieved the best results among the remaining
geometries investigated, indicating that there is a certain geometries where
the maximum heat and electric power could be obtained. These findings
agreed with previous studies, which concluded that the optimal power can be
achieved when the right TEG geometry is applied (Rowe and Min, 1996;
Omer and Infield, 1997). It is evident from the Fourier law that the TEG size
and ∆T have significant effect on heat production. In principle, an increase of
the TEG length will decrease the heat flow and electric power output for a
given temperature difference cross TEG and its area. Previous studies have
shown that an increase in the TEG length will increase the electric power
output to reach its maximum at certain length value, and then the electric
power output starts to decrease when increasing the length further for given
TEG ∆T and area (Rowe and Min, 1996; Omer and Infield, 1997; He et al.,
2011; Du et al., 2011). In fact by increasing the TEG length, ∆T will not be
constant when the input heat and TEG area considerable unchanged
(Equation 5), and therefore, ∆T has to be estimated based on TEG size
change.
Conclusion
Calculation procedure verified by experiments to find out the optimal STEG
size optimization, which generate the best value of heat and electric power,
has been presented. The calculation technique was verified by comparing the
estimated results to the measured results which obtained by experimental
procedure, which examine 5 different commercial TEG sizes and both results
shows good agreement. The established technique calculating the electric
and heat power as function of TEG geometries (
A
L
) at its corresponded ∆T.
The ∆T is changed along with the TEG size change, the estimated ∆T is
compared to the measured ∆T at same condition and it shows good
agreement. Consequently, the heat and electric power between calculated
and measured methods are compared too and results shows good agreement.
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Dr Gao Min, Dr John Bomphrey and all of the
team member’s of the mechanical workshop at Cardiff school of engineering
for their advices and assistance.
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