Study on increasing efficiency on Solar panel using Earth Tube

Heat Exchanger(ETHE)
Phase-I (Review No. 1)

Muthukumaran P 19BME086 Mr. Sivakumar S (AP II)

Yogeshkumar S 19BME098
Vigneshraj S 19BME102

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Problem Statement

▪ Energy is one of the major input in the economic growth of a country

but energy saving is one of the major challenges in today's world.

▪ At high temperatures solar panel overheat and its efficiency drops

significantly.

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Objective (s)

▪ Air ventilation using ETHE which reduces the electricity consumption.

▪ Increase the Efficiency of solar panel by reducing the surface

temperature.

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Literature Survey
S.No. Journal details
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Girjan Sharan and Ratan Jadhav, “ Performance of
Single Pass earth tube heat exchanger: An ▪
experimental study”
2 Namrata Bordoloia , Aashish Sharmaa , Himanshu
Nautiyalb , Varun Goelc,” An intense review on the
latest advancements of Earth Air Heat Exchangers”,
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.056
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Interpretations
ETHE is a device that enables transfer of heat from
ambient temperature to deep layer.
▪ Thickness of pipe 3mm
Earth Air Heat Exchangers (EAHE) is a technique that
▪
promotes energy savings
▪ EAHE is a non-conventional technique that uses the earth's
underground heat for space cooling/heating.
▪ EAHE technology saves more energy that can replace the
conventional air conditioning systems.
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Literature Survey(cont.)
S.No. Journal details Interpretations
3
Shashank Srivastava, Aashish Sharma and ▪ CFD modelling and simulation to analyze the effect on
Ketan Ajay, “CFD BASED STUDY ON AN the effective performance of the system by varying
EARTH PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH the geometry of ducts
DIFFERENT PIPE GEOMETRIES ”, Proceedings ▪ Analysed circular, square and corrugated circular
of the ASME 2016 10th International Conference ▪ increasing internal surface area and eddy formations
on Energy Sustainability ES2016 caused by the corrugation geometry.
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Darkwa, G. Kokogiannakis, C.L. Magadzire, K. ▪ For instance in March and July 2010 the E-tube
Yuan, “Theoretical and practical evaluation of an system was able to contribute 62% and 86% of the
earth-tube (E-tube) ventilation system ”, Energy peak heating and cooling loads respectively and also
and Buildings, achieved corresponding COPs of 3.2 and 3.53.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.11.018 ▪ Conditions of soil such as wet, freezing and dry soils
which could affect its thermal effectiveness.

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Literature Survey(cont.)
S.No. Journal details Interpretations
5
Didier Thevenard, ” Earth-to-air Heat Exchanger ▪ Number of pipes was varied from 2 to 9
Design Evaluation”, Numerical Logics Inc. ▪ Soil type was set to ‘Sandy ground’
▪ Maximum heat gain is obtained with an 8-pipe system

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J Darkwa and G. Kokogiannakis , “Evaluation of
an Earth-tube (E-tube) ventilation system”, 46th
AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion
Conference & Exhibit 25 - 28 July 2010
▪ Autumn and winter periods investigated reduction of
81% in cooling and 50% reduction in heating loads
were achieved in comparison with non-earth tube
ventilation system.
▪ Reducing entropy generation as a key factor in
achieving effective operational heating/cooling effect.
▪ ETHE takes advantage of the relatively constant
ground temperatures which exist below the earth's
surface.

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Literature Survey(cont.)
S.No. Journal details
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Trilok Singh Bisoniya n , Anil Kumar, Prashant ▪
Baredar,” Experimental and analytical studies of ▪
earth–air heat exchanger (EAHE) systems in
India: A review”, Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews, ▪
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.023
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Vikas Bansal , Rohit Misra, Ghanshyam Das
Agrawal, Jyotirmay Mathur,” Performance
analysis of earth–pipe–air heat exchanger for
summer cooling”, Energy and Buildings,
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.11.001
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Interpretations
alternative sources to replace conventional fuel
EAHE systems offer reductions in heating/cooling
load of buildings, power consumption, CFC and
HCFC consumption
The hybrid systems of EAHE and renewable energy
sources like solar and wind energy can further
improve performance of EAHE system
▪ Effects of the operating parameters (i.e. the pipe
material, air velocity) on the thermal performance of
earth–air–pipe heat exchanger systems are studied.
▪ The COP of the ETHE system discussed in this paper
varies from 1.9 to 2.9 for increase in velocity from 2.0
to 5.0 m/s.
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Literature Survey(cont.)
S.No. Journal details Interpretations
9
Noor Aziah Arffin, Aminuddin mohd,”Materials for the ▪ Steel pipes are expensive.
earth air pipe heat exchanger system”, 2 nd ▪ PVC are more prone to wear and tear.
International Conference on Emerging Trends in
Scientific Research, 2014

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A. R. Amelia et al., “Investigation of the Effect
Temperature on Photovoltaic Panel Output
Performance”, International journal on Advanced
Science Engineering Information Technology.
▪ Efficiency of PV panel was decreased when it was exposed
to high PV panel temperature.
▪ Once a solar panel overheats, its efficiency drop drastically.

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Methodology
• Development of Solutions (Single Domain )

Design the system Buy suction fan, solar Fabricate and Note the temperature
using Fusion 360 panel, battery, pipes assemble the differences in ETHE
system

Pass the cooled

Note the reduced temperature of panel
air to the panel
and solar panel output

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Tools to be used
• Autodesk Fusion 360
• Ansys workbench

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Impact on Environment & Sustainability
• Reduce the usage of non renewable resources
• Make use of solar energy effectively

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 Gantt Chart
Task Name Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022

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 THANK YOU

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