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Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects Volume 36, 2014 - Issue 17
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An Experimental Evaluation of Energy and Exergy Efficiency of a Solar Parabolic Dish Thermoelectric Power Generator

S. ShanmugamDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ar. VeerappanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
&
M. EswaramoorthyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
Pages 1865-1870 | Received 15 Feb 2011, Accepted 01 Apr 2011, Published online: 07 Jul 2014
 
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Abstract

A low-cost parabolic dish collector was made and tested with commercial thermoelectric modules made of bismuth telluride for electricity generation on its focal plane; the energy end exergy efficiencies were experimentally evaluated. It was found that the daily average temperature of the receiver plate in the solar parabolic dish thermoelectric generator was 127.4°C with the maximum of 189°C. The energy and exergy efficiencies were in the range 0.94–1.68% and 1.01–1.81%, respectively.

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