A numerical study on the temperature overshoot characteristic of a realistic thermoelectric module under a current pulse operation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-241

  Ma, Ming ^a   Yu, Jianlin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Current pulse; Temperature overshoot; Thermoelectric module; Transient cooling

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL VALUE; CURRENT PULSE; OPERATION CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE OVERSHOOT; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MODULES; TRANSIENT COOLING; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE;

TEMPERATURE;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84893378061     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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