Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell
This paper presents experimental explorations on cooling performance of thermoelectric chillers being driven by solar cells, as well as comparison results to the performance being driven by fixed direct current. Solar energy is clear and limitless and can be collected by solar cells. We use solar ce...
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| description | This paper presents experimental explorations on cooling performance of thermoelectric chillers being driven by solar cells, as well as comparison results to the performance being driven by fixed direct current. Solar energy is clear and limitless and can be collected by solar cells. We use solar cells to drive thermoelectric chillers, where the cold side is connected to the water tank. It is found that 250 mL of water can be cooled from 18.5°C to 13°C, where the corresponding coefficient of performance (COP) is changed between 0.55 and 1.05, when solar insolation is changed between 450 W/m2 and 1000 W/m2. The experimental results demonstrate that the thermoelectric chiller driven by solar cell is feasible and effective for energy saving issues. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ebd1e2dfdcc7438285a012ab3ab9dedb2025-08-20T02:21:49ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/102510102510Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar CellYen-Lin Chen0Zi-Jie Chien1Wen-Shing Lee2Ching-Song Jwo3Kun-Ching Cho4Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USAThis paper presents experimental explorations on cooling performance of thermoelectric chillers being driven by solar cells, as well as comparison results to the performance being driven by fixed direct current. Solar energy is clear and limitless and can be collected by solar cells. We use solar cells to drive thermoelectric chillers, where the cold side is connected to the water tank. It is found that 250 mL of water can be cooled from 18.5°C to 13°C, where the corresponding coefficient of performance (COP) is changed between 0.55 and 1.05, when solar insolation is changed between 450 W/m2 and 1000 W/m2. The experimental results demonstrate that the thermoelectric chiller driven by solar cell is feasible and effective for energy saving issues.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/102510 |
| spellingShingle | Yen-Lin Chen Zi-Jie Chien Wen-Shing Lee Ching-Song Jwo Kun-Ching Cho Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell |
| title_full | Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell |
| title_short | Experimental Investigation on Thermoelectric Chiller Driven by Solar Cell |
| title_sort | experimental investigation on thermoelectric chiller driven by solar cell |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/102510 |
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