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SOLAR ENERGY
卷 263, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.111892
关键词
Solar Panel; Thermoelectric Module; Cooling Performance; Heat Sink; COP; Refrigerator
Solar thermoelectric refrigerators utilize the cold side of thermoelectric modules for refrigeration and dissipate heat from the hot side using heat sinks and fans. The experimental results show good performance, making them suitable for domestic and medicine storage in remote areas.
Nowadays, a potential alternate source of renewable energy for heating and cooling purposes is solar thermal energy. In remote areas electricity problems, the solar cooling and heating are very useful for living. The present research is focus to develop a solar thermoelectric refrigerator (STER) by using thermoelectric module based on principles of Peltier effect (creating cold and hot zone). Inside the refrigerator compartment, the cold side zone of the thermoelectric module is used for refrigeration. However, the rejected heat from other hot side of module to ambient surrounding through heat sinks and fans. The experimental model considers a steel aluminium box of dimension 200 x 195 x 300 mm3 having two thermoelectric (TE) modules and two heat sink with cooling fan to investigate the performance evaluation of solar thermoelectric refrigerator. The STER unit utilises a 100 W solar panel. The experimental result of double module with internal fan shows that the STER unit reduces room temperature of 33 degrees C to 4.1 degrees C in 44 min with coefficient of performance (COP) of 0.61. Therefore, the present novel refrigeration system is augmented for domestic and medicine storage purpose in remote area with economically viable and environmental friendly.
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