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
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);
Conference_Titel :
Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication and Optimization (EESCO), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Visakhapatnam, India
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7676-8
DOI :
10.1109/EESCO.2015.7254045
