Development of Prototype Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric (PV-TEG) System

This paper presents the development and performance of Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric (PV-TEG) Generator System in terms of voltage, current and power generated. The Hybrid PV-TEG System combine a one (1) unit of 12V 3W PV module, nine (9) pieces TEG modules and two (2) heat sinks as cooling unit for TEG. The TEG modules put back-to-back to PV panel and this configuration used to decrease the temperature PV panel and solve the heat waste problem. The TEG module uses a heat energy to generate energy, and this can increase the value voltage of Hybrid PV-TEG System. This experiment carried out in three days to collect the data. The higher voltage of PV-TEG at 7th, 8th and 9th June 2022 are 12.28 12.54 and 12.41, respectively. The higher power produce of three days is 0.246W, 0.426W, and 0.261W, respectively. These results show that the Hybrid PV-TEG System has increase the value of voltage, current and power.