Analysis on the cooling performance of the thermoelectric micro-cooler

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1982-1992

  Lee, Kong Hoon ^a   Kim, Ook Joong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

COOLING PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC COOLERS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 33847214855     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.09.037     Document Type: Article

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