A simulation tool for the ac-dc transfer difference of thermal converters at low frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1155-1160

  Laiz, Hector ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA INDUSTRIAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ac variables measurement; Ac dc transfer; Lf ac variables measurement; Multijunction thermal converter; Simulation; Thermal converter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; RADIATION; SEEBECK EFFECT; TEMPERATURE; VOLTMETERS;

AC-DC TRANSFER DIFFERENCE; COUPLED ELECTROTHERMAL MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM; JOULE HEAT; PLANAR MULTIJUNCTION THERMAL CONVERTER; RADIATION LOSSES; THERMAL CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 0033314189     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.816130     Document Type: Article

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