Feasibility study on the use of a solar thermoelectric cogenerator comprising a thermoelectric module and evacuated tubular collector with parabolic trough concentrator

L. Miao; M. Zhang; S. Tanemura; T. Tanaka; Y. P. Kang; G. Xu

doi:10.1007/s11664-012-2076-8

Feasibility study on the use of a solar thermoelectric cogenerator comprising a thermoelectric module and evacuated tubular collector with parabolic trough concentrator

L. Miao, M. Zhang, S. Tanemura, T. Tanaka, Y. P. Kang, G. Xu

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Abstract

We have designed a new solar thermoelectric cogeneration system consisting of an evacuated tubular solar collector (ETSC) with a parabolic trough concentrator (PTC) and thermoelectric modules (TEMs) to supply both thermal energy and electricity. The main design concepts are (1) the hot side of the TEM is bonded to the solar selective absorber installed in an evacuated glass tube, (2) the cold side of the TEM is also bonded to the heat sink, and (3) the outer circulated water is heated by residual solar energy after TEM generation. We present an example solar thermal simulation based on energy balance and heat transfer as used in solar engineering to predict the electrical conversion efficiency and solar thermal conversion efficiency for different values of parameters such as the solar insolation, concentration ratio, and TEM ZT values.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1759-1765
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Electronic Materials
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2076-8
Publication status	Published - 2012 Jun
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

evacuated tubular solar collector (ETSC)
parabolic trough concentrator (PTC)
solar cogeneration
solar thermoelectric generator
Thermoelectric conversion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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