Numerical and experimental analysis of transient supercooling effect of voltage pulse on thermoelectric element

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1156-1165

  Shen, L M ^a,b   Xiao, F ^a   Chen, H X ^b   Wang, S W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Convection heat transfer coefficient; Cooling load; Supercooling; Thermoelectric element; Voltage pulse

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ZERO; CO-EXISTENCE; COLD-END TEMPERATURE; COOLING LOAD; EXPERIMENT TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HOLD TIME; INPUT VOLTAGES; JOULE HEAT; SOLUTION ALGORITHMS; STEP CHANGES; SUPER-COOLING TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT; VOLTAGE PULSE;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PELTIER EFFECT; POWER QUALITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

SUPERCOOLING;

EID: 84862817671     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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