Optimal pellet geometries for thermoelectric refrigeration

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-58

  Hodes, Marc ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Refrigeration; Thermoelectric cooler (TEC); Thermoelectric module (TEM); Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRICITY;

OPERATING CURRENT; OPERATING VOLTAGE; OPTIMAL PELLET GEOMETRIES; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER (TEC); THERMOELECTRIC MODULE (TEM);

THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 34147170930     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2007.892068     Document Type: Article

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