TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2017///
A1  - Irshad, K.
A1  - Habib, K.
A1  - Basrawi, F.
A1  - Saha, B.B.
ID  - scholars9400
SN  - 03605442
TI  - Study of a thermoelectric air duct system assisted by photovoltaic wall for space cooling in tropical climate
SP  - 504
N1  - cited By 66
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85007427274&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2016.10.110&partnerID=40&md5=f2d46c7814781363079475423751aab6
EP  - 522
KW  - Energy conservation; Fossil fuels; Thermoelectricity; Walls (structural partitions)
KW  -  Impact on the environment; Optimum temperature; Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic panels; Photovoltaic systems; Thermo-electric modules; Thermoelectric cooling; TRNSYS
KW  -  Ducts
KW  -  cooling; energy conservation; fossil fuel; photovoltaic system; power generation; renewable resource; thermal power; tropical environment
KW  -  Malaysia
JF  - Energy
VL  - 119
N2  - The integration of building structure with renewable components such as photovoltaic (PV) panel and thermoelectric modules (TEMs), provides new opportunities for exploiting natural energy and minimizing impact on the environment. This paper presents experimental and simulation investigation of a novel thermoelectric air duct system (TE-AD) assisted with photovoltaic (PV) system for space cooling in Malaysian weather condition. The north facing TE-AD system consist of fifteen TEMs assisted by 300 Wp south wall facing PV system for cooling of test room whose volume is 9.45� m3. Both simulation and experimental results were in good agreement and showed that PV assisted TE - AD system when operated at 6 A gives the optimum temperature difference of 6.8� °C with cooling capacity of 517.24� W and COP of 1.15. Combination of the TE-AD and PV system saves 1806.75� kWh/year with an additional benefit of Freon free, highly reliable and less fossil fuel consuming system. © 2016
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ER  -