Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination
Human civilization uses vast quantities of water and electricity. Natural fresh water is in short supply in many regions, and the shortfall is increasingly filled through energy-intensive desalination. Electricity still largely comes from burning fossil fuels, resulting in CO2 emissions. Concentrato...
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| description | Human civilization uses vast quantities of water and electricity. Natural fresh water is in short supply in many regions, and the shortfall is increasingly filled through energy-intensive desalination. Electricity still largely comes from burning fossil fuels, resulting in CO2 emissions. Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) can provide not only electricity but also heat from cooling of the CPV cells, providing additional energy for thermally driven processes such as desalination. This paper evaluates a CPV receiver cooling arrangement for linear CPV systems which maximizes electricity production for a given CPV cell area while supplying heat byproduct boosted to a temperature higher than the temperature of the fluid that cools the CPV cells, increasing the range of processes to which the heat can be applied. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-03f466236aa4485e8c18feb7bf3f18562025-08-20T03:55:32ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262021-01-01202110.1155/2021/23904892390489Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water DesalinationMohamed Omri0Yusuf Al-turki1Étienne Léveillé2Richard Arès3Luc Fréchette4King Abdulaziz University, Deanship of Scientific Research, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaUniversité de Sherbrooke, Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation (3IT) and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Quebec City, CanadaUniversité de Sherbrooke, Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation (3IT) and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Quebec City, CanadaUniversité de Sherbrooke, Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation (3IT) and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Quebec City, CanadaHuman civilization uses vast quantities of water and electricity. Natural fresh water is in short supply in many regions, and the shortfall is increasingly filled through energy-intensive desalination. Electricity still largely comes from burning fossil fuels, resulting in CO2 emissions. Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) can provide not only electricity but also heat from cooling of the CPV cells, providing additional energy for thermally driven processes such as desalination. This paper evaluates a CPV receiver cooling arrangement for linear CPV systems which maximizes electricity production for a given CPV cell area while supplying heat byproduct boosted to a temperature higher than the temperature of the fluid that cools the CPV cells, increasing the range of processes to which the heat can be applied.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2390489 |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Omri Yusuf Al-turki Étienne Léveillé Richard Arès Luc Fréchette Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination Complexity |
| title | Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination |
| title_full | Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination |
| title_fullStr | Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination |
| title_short | Cooling Arrangements for Hybrid Thermal-CPV Receivers with High Output Coolant Temperature for Combined Electricity Generation and Water Desalination |
| title_sort | cooling arrangements for hybrid thermal cpv receivers with high output coolant temperature for combined electricity generation and water desalination |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2390489 |
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