Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel

The adoption of renewable energy has been a global trend in the past few decades as part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gases emission that causes global warming. Researches have shown the efficiency of solar panels drops when its temperature increases . This means the power loss of solar pane...

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Main Author: Chen, Yit Fong
Other Authors: So Ping Lam
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77901
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description The adoption of renewable energy has been a global trend in the past few decades as part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gases emission that causes global warming. Researches have shown the efficiency of solar panels drops when its temperature increases . This means the power loss of solar panel is significant when it is hot, especially during hot sunny day. Therefore, this project aims to generate extra energy by utilizing the waste heat accumulated in solar panels through thermoelectric effect to power up low power devices like USB light , fan or charging a smartphone. Thermoelectric effect, or particularly Seebeck effect is a phenomenon which a thermoelectric generator, make use of the temperature difference between both of its surfaces to generate energy . With the incorporation of thermoelectric effect, solar panel’s efficiency can be improved.
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spelling ntu-10356/779012023-07-07T17:00:30Z Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel Chen, Yit Fong So Ping Lam School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering The adoption of renewable energy has been a global trend in the past few decades as part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gases emission that causes global warming. Researches have shown the efficiency of solar panels drops when its temperature increases . This means the power loss of solar panel is significant when it is hot, especially during hot sunny day. Therefore, this project aims to generate extra energy by utilizing the waste heat accumulated in solar panels through thermoelectric effect to power up low power devices like USB light , fan or charging a smartphone. Thermoelectric effect, or particularly Seebeck effect is a phenomenon which a thermoelectric generator, make use of the temperature difference between both of its surfaces to generate energy . With the incorporation of thermoelectric effect, solar panel’s efficiency can be improved. Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 2019-06-07T13:12:07Z 2019-06-07T13:12:07Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77901 en Nanyang Technological University 54 p. application/pdf
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Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
title Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
title_full Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
title_fullStr Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
title_full_unstemmed Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
title_short Incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
title_sort incorporation of thermoelectric effect with solar power into solar panel
topic DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
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