{"title":"Prospective Use of Thermoelectric Device for PV Panel Cooling","authors":"G. Mooko, K. Kusakana","doi":"10.1109/OI.2018.8535716","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The electrical efficiency of a photovoltaic panel is influenced by the rise in the panel's temperature, especially at temperatures from and above 25 °C. For cooling a photovoltaic panel, a thermoelectric module operated as a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) attached at the back of a photovoltaic panel is a practical solution. The TEC module is used to absorb the heat generated on the surface of the photovoltaic panel, which is then dispersed by a heat-sink mounted on the opposite side of a TEC. This paper deals with the development of a mathematical model to optimally control a TEC and take into account the amount of energy used to cool down a photovoltaic panel.","PeriodicalId":331140,"journal":{"name":"2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2018.8535716","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The electrical efficiency of a photovoltaic panel is influenced by the rise in the panel's temperature, especially at temperatures from and above 25 °C. For cooling a photovoltaic panel, a thermoelectric module operated as a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) attached at the back of a photovoltaic panel is a practical solution. The TEC module is used to absorb the heat generated on the surface of the photovoltaic panel, which is then dispersed by a heat-sink mounted on the opposite side of a TEC. This paper deals with the development of a mathematical model to optimally control a TEC and take into account the amount of energy used to cool down a photovoltaic panel.