A thermoelectric cooler coupled with a gravity-assisted heat pipe: An analysis from heat pipe perspective

X Sun, L Ling, S Liao, Y Chu, S Fan, Y Mo - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is attractive for cooling electronic devices because of its light,
compact size, quiet and vibration free characteristics. However, its cooling performance is …

A dynamic model for thermoelectric generator applied in waste heat recovery

X Gou, S Yang, H Xiao, Q Ou - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric devices can provide clean energy conversion and are environmentally
friendly. However, few studies have been conducted to understand the dynamic …

Thermodynamic modeling and analysis of an air-cooled small space thermoelectric cooler

L Chen, F Meng, Z Xie, Z Ding, S Xia… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
Small space thermoelectric cooler is suitable for submarine air conditioning, biological
temperature control, laboratory freezer and other fields. A new method based on intrinsic …

An analysis on a two-stage cascade thermoelectric cooler for electronics cooling applications

M Ma, J Yu - International journal of refrigeration, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of a novel two-stage cascade thermoelectric
cooler (TTEC). The novel TTEC may be simply formed by joining short-legged thermoelectric …

Recent development and application of thermoelectric generator and cooler

W He, G Zhang, X Zhang, J Ji, G Li, X Zhao - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Energy crisis and environment deterioration are two major problems for 21st century.
Thermoelectric device is a promising solution for those two problems. This review begins …

Characteristics analysis and parametric study of a thermoelectric generator by considering variable material properties and heat losses

JH Meng, XX Zhang, XD Wang - International journal of heat and mass …, 2015 - Elsevier
The output power and conversion efficiency of the thermoelectric generator (TEG) are
closely related to not only the materials properties but also the geometric structure. This …

Experimental study on the influence of Peltier effect on the output performance of thermoelectric generator and deviation of maximum power point

J Wang, P Cao, X Li, X Song, C Zhao, L Zhu - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator technology can convert heat into electricity based on Seebeck
effect, but the Peltier effect cannot be neglected in the thermoelectric conversion process. In …

Numerical analysis for transient supercooling effect of pulse current shapes on a two-stage thermoelectric cooler

YW Gao, CL Shi, XD Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Transient supercooling of TECs (Thermoelectric coolers) is a technology that can
effectively strengthen cooling performance. It has been found that the pulse current shape …

Transient behavior of a thermoelectric device under the hyperbolic heat conduction model

M Alata, MA Al-Nimr, M Naji - International Journal of Thermophysics, 2003 - Springer
The major objective of this work is to describe the dynamic thermal behavior of
thermoelectric generators and refrigerators under the effect of the hyperbolic heat …

Enhanced Peltier cooling of two-stage thermoelectric cooler via pulse currents

YW Gao, H Lv, XD Wang, WM Yan - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
As compared with single-stage thermoelectric coolers (TECs), two-stage TECs can achieve
a larger temperature drop when TECs operate at steady state conditions. In this work, pulse …