A PV-Powered TE Cooling System with Heat Recovery: Energy Balance and Environmental Impact Indicators

Żelazna, Agnieszka; Gołębiowska, Justyna

doi:10.3390/en13071701

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“…Furthermore, these systems are eco-friendly and their GWPs were reported to range from 0.13 to 0.47 gCO2-eq/Wh [90,92]. Therefore, the combined technologies (e.g., thermoelectric cooling systems and PV) are beneficial for solar energy use and environmental protection, meeting the requirements of NZEBs.…”

Section: Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

Ahmed

Peng

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Energy and Buildings

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Section: Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

Ahmed

Peng

et al. 2022

Energy and Buildings

198

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“…Figure 4 presents a classification based on these aspects of recent studies addressed in this analysis. Three articles were found involving costs and efficiency in zone A, [27,29,44]; three articles between costs and sustainability in zone B [30,39,46]; one article involving efficiency and sustainability in zone C [36]; and tree articles involving all aspects, costs, efficiency and sustainability in zone U [40,52,56]. From this classification it is concluded that the oxides are inexpensive TE materials with important advantages.…”

Section: Thermoelectric Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability and Circular Economy Perspectives of Materials for Thermoelectric Modules

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The growing demand for energy and the environmental problems derived from this problem are arousing interest throughout the world in the development of clean and efficient alternative energy sources, which involve ecological processes and materials. The materials used in the processes associated with thermoelectric generation technology will provide solutions to this situation. Materials related to energy make it possible to generate energy from waste heat residues, which are derived from various industrial processes in which significant fractions of residual energy are deposited into the environment. However, despite the fact that thermoelectric technology represents some relative advantages in relation to other energy generation processes, it in turn faces some technical limitations such as its low efficiency with respect to the high costs that its implementation demands today, and this has been the subject of intense research in recent years. On the other hand, the sustainability of the processes when analyzed from a circular economy perspective must be taken into account for the implementation of this technology, particularly when considering its large-scale implementation. In this article, a systematic search focused on the sustainability of thermoelectric modules is carried out as a step towards a circular economy model. The review aims to examine recent developments and trends in the development of thermoelectric systems in order to promote initiatives in favor of the environment. The aim of this study is to present a current overview, including trends and limitations, in research related to thermoelectric materials. As a result of this analysis, it was found that aspects related to costs and initiatives related to circular economy models have been little explored, which represents not only an opportunity for the development of new approaches in the conception of thermoelectric systems, but also for the conception of optimized designs that address the current limitations of this technology.

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“…For this reason, we developed a life-cycle model that includes the emissions of all pollutants and found that PV is much less carbon-intensive than fossil-based power generation. Żelazna and Gołębiowska (2020) [20] analyzed the environmental impact of a PV thermoelectric cooling system with heat recovery capabilities using the principles of material and energy conservation over its life cycle. In contrast to existing studies that almost always use carbon emission factors for the entire life cycle for carbon emission calculations, Pu et al (2021) [21] considered the variability between sub-stages.…”

Section: Research On the Assessment Of Environmental Effects Of Pv Sy...mentioning

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Environmental Effects of Technological Improvements in Polysilicon Photovoltaic Systems in China—A Life Cycle Assessment

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Due to increasing pollution and the overexploitation of traditional energy, there is both an environmental and a resource threat to sustainable development. China’s government prioritizes the optimization of resource structures with photovoltaic industrial support policies to address the potential hazards of traditionally highly polluting energy resources. However, applying green energy resources is not a panacea for solving existing industrial pollution as environmental problems cannot be solved with the level of optimized energy types. Instead, it is necessary to further explore the potential carbon emissions from clean energy resources. Therefore, we construct a polysilicon PV system’s whole life cycle carbon emission model by applying the LCA method and further building the emission coefficient model. More specifically, we divided the system’s carbon emissions into six components and calculated each part separately. In addition, we further applied the case analysis method. We analyzed the carbon emissions of the 280 MW solar cell production project of a leading global PV module company in China. The research results indicated that polysilicon companies should proactively develop advanced production technologies to upgrade energy-saving and environmental safety measures to reduce resource and energy consumption from raw materials in the final disposal process.

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A PV-Powered TE Cooling System with Heat Recovery: Energy Balance and Environmental Impact Indicators

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

Sustainability and Circular Economy Perspectives of Materials for Thermoelectric Modules

Environmental Effects of Technological Improvements in Polysilicon Photovoltaic Systems in China—A Life Cycle Assessment

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