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Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system

The Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system (PV/T-TEG) effectively improves the solar energy conversion rate. This work presents the environmental, exergy, and economic performance of a nanofluid-based concentrated PV/T-TEG hybrid system. The analysis has considered two types of TEG materi...

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Main Authors: Lekbir, Abdelhak, Hassani, Samir, Mekhilef, Saad
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Published: Elsevier B.V. 2024
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling my.um.eprints.447792024-07-15T08:06:31Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/44779/ Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system Lekbir, Abdelhak Hassani, Samir Mekhilef, Saad TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system (PV/T-TEG) effectively improves the solar energy conversion rate. This work presents the environmental, exergy, and economic performance of a nanofluid-based concentrated PV/T-TEG hybrid system. The analysis has considered two types of TEG material with different characteristics. An in-house MATLAB code has been developed to model the hybrid system and evaluate its performance. In addition, a comparative study is carried out to contrast the proposed hybrid system's performance against conventional configurations, namely: standard concentrator PV module (SCPV), nanofluid-based concentrated PV/Thermal system (NCPV/T), and a heat sink-based concentrated PV/thermoelectric system (HSCPV/TEG). The simulation output reveals that at the optimum value of solar concentration C=5, and operating temperature of 35°C, the average exergy efficiency of the proposed NCPV/T-TEGA is about 15.28 higher by 2.37, 3.13, 5.83, 7.32, and 7.43 compared to NCPV/T-TEGB, NCPV/T, HSCPV/TEGA, HSCPV/TEGB, SCPV, respectively. According to environmental analysis, it has been found that the NCPV/T-TEGA configuration engendered the highest CO2 emissions during the manufacturing phase. However, during the production phase (over 25 years), a 1m2 of NCPV/T-TEGA hybrid system provided the highest GWP avoidance of 1208.9kg.CO2.eq.m−2.year−1. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. Elsevier B.V. 2024 Article PeerReviewed Lekbir, Abdelhak and Hassani, Samir and Mekhilef, Saad (2024) Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system. Journal of Power Sources, 595. ISSN 0378-7753, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234066 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234066>. 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234066
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Lekbir, Abdelhak
Hassani, Samir
Mekhilef, Saad
Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system
description The Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system (PV/T-TEG) effectively improves the solar energy conversion rate. This work presents the environmental, exergy, and economic performance of a nanofluid-based concentrated PV/T-TEG hybrid system. The analysis has considered two types of TEG material with different characteristics. An in-house MATLAB code has been developed to model the hybrid system and evaluate its performance. In addition, a comparative study is carried out to contrast the proposed hybrid system's performance against conventional configurations, namely: standard concentrator PV module (SCPV), nanofluid-based concentrated PV/Thermal system (NCPV/T), and a heat sink-based concentrated PV/thermoelectric system (HSCPV/TEG). The simulation output reveals that at the optimum value of solar concentration C=5, and operating temperature of 35°C, the average exergy efficiency of the proposed NCPV/T-TEGA is about 15.28 higher by 2.37, 3.13, 5.83, 7.32, and 7.43 compared to NCPV/T-TEGB, NCPV/T, HSCPV/TEGA, HSCPV/TEGB, SCPV, respectively. According to environmental analysis, it has been found that the NCPV/T-TEGA configuration engendered the highest CO2 emissions during the manufacturing phase. However, during the production phase (over 25 years), a 1m2 of NCPV/T-TEGA hybrid system provided the highest GWP avoidance of 1208.9kg.CO2.eq.m−2.year−1. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.
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author Lekbir, Abdelhak
Hassani, Samir
Mekhilef, Saad
author_facet Lekbir, Abdelhak
Hassani, Samir
Mekhilef, Saad
author_sort Lekbir, Abdelhak
title Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system
title_short Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system
title_full Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system
title_fullStr Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system
title_full_unstemmed Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated Photovoltaic/Thermal-Thermoelectric hybrid system
title_sort techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a nanofluid-based concentrated photovoltaic/thermal-thermoelectric hybrid system
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2024
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/44779/
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