Effect of heat transfer on the performance of two-stage semiconductor thermoelectric refrigerators

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Chen, Lingen ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Sun, Fengrui ^a   Wu, Chih ^b  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEWTON'S HEAT TRANSFER; NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 23944515766     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2001156     Document Type: Article

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