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Perovskite Solar Cells and Thermoelectric Generator Hybrid Array Feeding a Synchronous Reluctance Motor for an Efficient Water Pumping System

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  • Alaa A. Zaky

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33511, Egypt
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece
    Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, 15341 Athens, Greece)

  • Mohamed N. Ibrahim

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33511, Egypt
    Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    FlandersMake@UGent—Corelab EEDT-MP, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • Ibrahim B. M. Taha

    (Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia)

  • Bedir Yousif

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33511, Egypt
    Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Onaizah Colleges, Onaizah 56447, Saudi Arabia)

  • Peter Sergeant

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    FlandersMake@UGent—Corelab EEDT-MP, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • Evangelos Hristoforou

    (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece)

  • Polycarpos Falaras

    (Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, 15341 Athens, Greece)

Abstract

Nowadays, water pumping systems based on photovoltaics as a source of electricity have widely increased. System cost and efficiency still require enhancement in order to spread their application. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are the most hopeful third-generation photovoltaic for replacing the silicon-based photovoltaic thanks to their high power conversion efficiency, reaching 25.8%; tunable band-gap; long diffusion length; low fabrication temperature; and low cost. In this work, for the first time, we proposed a high-power-density hybrid perovskite solar cell thermoelectric generator (TEG) array for feeding a synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) driving a water pump for use in an irrigation system. A control technique was used to achieve two functions. The first function was driving the motor to obtain the maximum torque/ampere. The second was harvesting the maximum perovskite solar cell array output power on the basis of the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm using the perturbation and observation approach. Thus, the proposed hybrid perovskite solar cell–thermoelectric generator feeds the motor via an inverter without DC–DC converters or batteries. Accordingly, the short life problems and the high replacement cost are avoided. The proposed complete system was simulated via the MATLAB package. Moreover, a complete laboratory infrastructure was constructed for testing the proposed high-power-density hybrid perovskite solar cell–TEG array for the water pumping system. The results revealed that using the high-power-density hybrid perovskite solar cell–TEG array, both the motor’s output power and the pump’s flow rate were improved by 11% and 14%, respectively, compared to only using the perovskite solar cell array. Finally, both the simulation and experimental results proved the high-performance efficiency of the system in addition to showing its system complexity and cost reduction.

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  • Alaa A. Zaky & Mohamed N. Ibrahim & Ibrahim B. M. Taha & Bedir Yousif & Peter Sergeant & Evangelos Hristoforou & Polycarpos Falaras, 2022. "Perovskite Solar Cells and Thermoelectric Generator Hybrid Array Feeding a Synchronous Reluctance Motor for an Efficient Water Pumping System," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(14), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:10:y:2022:i:14:p:2417-:d:860205
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