Power Extraction through Various Interconnections of Solar PV Networks by Cogeneration and Energy Production through EMAT model

Researches have been conducted in numerous fields on harnessing energy from non-conventional resources for mitigating the requirement of the energy demand on rural, urban, commercial and industrial purpose among of which the Thermoelectric Generator system is found to be an emerging and effective one. In this study, a total of eight SPV panels have been connected in two particular fashions to investigate the behavior and performance of the hybrid SPV-TEG system. The earlier mentioned system consists of the TEG which is placed on the back side of solar PV panel so that the excess heat can be further recovered and reused for usable electricity generation. The fluctuating behavior of the SPV panels in the interconnection has been examined and verified under the influence of Healthy Irradiance (HI) and Sectional Irradiance (SI). The higher concentration of solar insolation leads to rise in the temperature of the panel surface leading to lowering of quantum efficiency and this curse to solar PV becomes the boon when the TEG is incorporated with Solar PV. This integration is found to be a promising way for harnessing the maximum amount of solar power and thermal power from the solar PV modules by utilization of solar spectrum leading to efficiency enhancement. The entire system is modelled, analyzed and studied on MATLAB/Simulink environment.