Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: An experiment to determine the performance of a thermoelectric powered by solar panel for a large cooler box was carried out.The size of the cooler box tested was 1000 mm x 500 mm x 400 mm and inside the cooler box, a plastic bottle containing 19 liters of water was placed.The thermoelectric hot side was cooled using a mini channel flowed with water.Meanwhile, the cold side of the thermoelectric was connected to the inner heat sink to absorb heat inside the cooler box.The thermoelectric was powered from a battery charged by solar panels directly.There were 2 solar panels, each of which had a power of 100 WP.The cooler box was tested for 6 days in June 2019.The results showed that the lowest temperature on the thermoelectric cold side was around 16.21°C, while the lowest temperature inside the cooler box was 24.25°C.The experimental COPs obtained were ranging from 0.01 to 0.76.Moreover, in general, solar panels were potential as power sources for thermoelectric cooling systems.
DOI: 10.25046/aj050141
Institutions: University of Mataram, Sebelas Maret University
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3006900136