Performance of solar air collector-thermoelectric hybrid system

Ewe, W. E. and Fudholi, A. and Yen, C. H. and Asim, N. and Sopian, K. (2019) Performance of solar air collector-thermoelectric hybrid system. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 268 (1). pp. 1-5. 012071. ISSN 1755-1315 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/268/1/012071)

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Abstract

Solar collectors are technologies which using sunlight to collect heat energy. In this study, solar air collector-thermoelectric hybrid systemis designed and constructed. Performance testing is conducted in the lab. The size of this hybrid system is 97.5 × 59 × 12 cm. The manipulating factor is the mass flow rate which is fixed at 0.033, 0.0385, 0.044, 0.0495 and0.055 kg/s. The intensity of solar radiation is set at 700 W/m2. Maximum temperature change (To -Ti) reaches 7.5 °C while maximum temperature change (Tback - Thollow) reaches 16.7 °C. Maximum thermal efficiency of this hybrid system reaches 79.0% at the highest mass flow rate of 0.055 kg/s. The maximum electrical efficiency reaches 5.3% at the lowest mass flow rate of 0.033 kg/s. Maximum overall efficiency reaches 79% at the highest mass flow rate. The hybrid system has better thermal efficiency than a stand-alone solar air collector. Due to the increased overall efficiency, the proposed hybrid system is anticipated to promote wider application of thermoelectric hybrid system.

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Ewe, W. E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-0963, Fudholi, A., Yen, C. H., Asim, N. and Sopian, K.;
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