Autonomous thermal control system for highly variable environments

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Richardson, G A ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Thermal control; Thermal management; Thermo electric cooling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CHANGE; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; DESIGN POINTS; DIFFERENTIAL LOGIC; DIGITAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PELTIER; PROGRAMMABLE POWER SUPPLY; RANDOM VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEST RESULTS; THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; THERMAL MASS; TIME FRAME; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT;

CONTROL THEORY; DROPS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TEMPERATURE;

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 77955262168     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3085826     Document Type: Article

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