[PDF][PDF] Performance prediction and irreversibility analysis of a thermoelectric refrigerator with finned heat exchanger

F Meng, L Chen, F Sun - Acta Physica Polonica A, 2011 - bibliotekanauki.pl
A developed model of commercial thermoelectric refrigerators with finned heat exchanger is
established by introducing finite time thermodynamics. A significant novelty is that physical …

Performance optimization of a two-stage parallel thermoelectric cooler with inhomogeneous electrical conductivity

Y Huang, Z Chen, H Ding - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A new concept of inhomogeneous thermoelectric materials is advanced recently. In the
present study, a novel two-stage thermoelectric cooler (TEC) in electrically parallel …

Study of thermal insulation materials influence on the performance of thermoelectric generators by creating a significant effective temperature difference

S Lv, M Liu, W He, X Li, W Gong, S Shen - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator are attractive heat engines because they can convert heat directly
into electricity via Seebeck effect. However, the energy conversion efficiency of today's …

Behavior of thermoelectric generators exposed to transient heat sources

NQ Nguyen, KV Pochiraju - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper describes the power generation behavior of a thermoelectric generator (TEG)
exposed to a transient heat source on the hot side and natural convection on the cold side …

A physical model for thermoelectric generators with and without Thomson heat

C Fuqiang, H Yanji, Z Chao - Journal of energy …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Performance prediction of thermoelectric generators (TEG) is an important work in
thermoelectrics and a physical model is quite necessary. Now basic thermoelectric …

Modified pulse operation of thermoelectric coolers for building cooling applications

S Manikandan, SC Kaushik, R Yang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a modified pulse operation of the thermoelectric cooler (TEC) for
building space cooling application. In the normal pulse operation of a thermoelectric cooler …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effective and performance analysis of thermoelectricity as a building cooling system; experimental case study based on a single TEC-12706 commercial …

MW Tian, F Aldawi, AE Anqi, H Moria, HS Dizaji… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of thermoelectricity as the building air cooling system has not been
commercialized yet. However, remarkable eco-friend characteristics of thermoelectricity …

Geometric effect on cooling power and performance of an integrated thermoelectric generation-cooling system

WH Chen, CC Wang, CI Hung - Energy conversion and management, 2014 - Elsevier
Geometric design of an integrated thermoelectric generation-cooling system is performed
numerically using a finite element method. In the system, a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is …

Experimental and numerical investigation on thermoelectric coolers for comparing air-to-water to air-to-air refrigerators

F Afshari - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021 - Springer
It has been determined that a significant portion of the total electrical energy is consumed for
different cooling and refrigeration purposes at both domestic and industrial sectors …

Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations

D Luo, Y Yan, R Wang, W Zhou - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a three-dimensional transient numerical model of a thermoelectric generator
module considering the temperature-dependent properties and the topological connection …