Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: HUGO ÁLISSON ALVES DA COSTA

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STUDENT : HUGO ÁLISSON ALVES DA COSTA
DATE: 10/07/2020
TIME: 09:00
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TITLE:

Implementation and Analysis of a Photovoltaic System with Active Cooling

KEY WORDS:

Solar energy; Thermoelectric cells; Energy Efficiency

PAGES: 50
BIG AREA: Engenharias
AREA: Engenharia Elétrica
SUBÁREA: Eletrônica Industrial, Sistemas e Controles Eletrônicos
SPECIALTY: Automação Eletrônica de Processos Elétricos e Industriais
SUMMARY:

The market share of photovoltaic solar energy has been growing due to the demand for diversification of the global energy grid and the concern about replacing fossil fuels by renewable energy. There is a great potential for this form of energy generation due to high levels of solar irradiation. However, the efficiency of commercial panels is still low and is negatively affected by temperature rises on the panel. To mitigate this effect, several cooling techniques have been previously proposed. This work focuses on the use of thermoelectric cells acting as coolers for the system bringing down the panel temperature to increase its efficiency. The main goal is to build a plant consisting of a solar panel attached to one or more thermoelectric cells and connected to a data acquisition system. This setup will be used to evaluate the improvement in performance obtained though this strategy. The experiments will be carried out at the Petroleum Measurement Evaluation Laboratory - LAMP, and the results will be compared with mathematical and simulation based models present in the literature.

Keywords: Solar energy; Thermoelectric cells; Energy Efficiency

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1149567 - ANDRES ORTIZ SALAZAR
Interno - 350693 - ANDRÉ LAURINDO MAITELLI
Externo à Instituição - JOÃO TEIXEIRA DE CARVALHO NETO - IFRN