Conceptual development of a novel photovoltaic-thermoelectric system and preliminary economic analysis

By Guiqiang Li, Xudong Zhao, Jie Ji. 2016

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Abstract Photovoltaic-thermoelectric (PV-TE) hybrid system is one typical electrical production based on the solar wide-band spectral absorption. However the PV-TE system appears to be economically unfeasible owing to the significantly higher cost and lower power output. In order to overcome this disadvantage, a novel PV-TE system based on the flat plate micro-channel heat pipe was proposed in this paper. The mathematic model was built and the performance under different ambient conditions was analyzed. In addition, the annual performance and the preliminary economic analysis of the new PV-TE system was also made to compare to the conventional PV system. The results showed that the new PV-TE has a higher electrical output and economic performance.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. Samson Shittu
2. Xiaoli Ma
3. Guiqiang Li
4. Xudong Zhao

In Materials Chemistry

1. Samson Shittu
2. Xiaoli Ma
3. Xudong Zhao
4. Guiqiang Li
5. Y. Akhlaghi

In Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

1. Samson Shittu
2. Xiaoli Ma
3. Xudong Zhao
4. Guiqiang Li

Citations in the corpus

• Comparative study of a concentrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system with and without flat plate heat pipe (2019, methodology): “Furthermore, in both [25] and [26] only a one-dimensional numerical study was carried rather than a three-dimensional study on the PV-TE system with heat pipe.”