DocumentCode
736284
Title
Experimental investigation and analysis on solar cell efficiency with thermoelectric cooler
Author
Kumar, Nuka Pavan ; Shree, J.Devi ; Vanithamani, K.
Author_Institution
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India
fYear
2015
fDate
24-25 Jan. 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Monocrystalline solar cells are the oldest, most efficient and dependable ways to produce electricity from the Sun, and these cells are temperature sensitive. This paper studies the relatively new method of cooling Monocrystalline solar cell with the arrangement of Thermoelectric cooler (TEC) at the back of the solar cell. The objective of thermoelectric cooler and cold plate arrangement is to maintain the operating temperature of solar cell. The experimental results are quite significant and efficiency enhancement is observed. The steady state thermal analysis of the model is done in ANSYS Fluent 6.3.26
Keywords
Cold plates; Heat sinks; Photovoltaic cells; Short-circuit currents; Silicon; Temperature dependence; Cold plate; Monocrystalline solar cell; Thermoelectric cooler (TEC);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication and Optimization (EESCO), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Visakhapatnam, India
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-7676-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EESCO.2015.7254045
Filename
7254045
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