Improved energy conversion performance of a novel design of concentrated photovoltaic system combined with thermoelectric generator with advance cooling system

• Main Authors: Lekbir, Abdelhak, Hassani, Samir, Ab Ghani, Mohd Ruddin, Gan, Chin Kim, Mekhilef, Saad, Saidur, Rahman
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21490/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.09.053

Most of the incident solar energy on a PV panel is converted into waste heat. This consequently reduces the efficiency of PV system. Therefore, if certain portion of this waste heat can be utilized adding a thermoelectric generator (TEG) in the PV panel endowed by an efficient cooling system, the ou...