Abstract—Solar cogeneration systems provide electrical energy as well as thermal energy. This combination is common in many large-scale solar power plants, but rare in small-scale domestic systems. We are introducing a combination of recent developments, which can overcome existing problems aiming at a medium temperature domestic system. Advanced non-imaging solar concentrators, thin-film thermoelectric modules and high temperature selective absorbers are promising techniques to achieve a non-tracking cogeneration system with reasonable cost and performance levels.
Index Terms—Cogeneration, solar, thermoelectrics.
Georg Bastian is with the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany (e-mail: Georg.Bastian@hochschule-rhein-waal.de).
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Cite:A. Ryyan and G. Bastian, "Small-Scale Solar Cogeneration Systems," Journal of Clean Energy Technologies vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 377-380, 2018.
