Geometric effect on cooling power and performance of an integrated thermoelectric generation-cooling system

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 566-575

  Chen, Wei Hsin ^a   Wang, Chien Chang ^a   Hung, Chen I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Finite element scheme; Geometric design; Heat convection; Integrated thermoelectric system; Thermoelectric generation and cooling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGY; THERMOELECTRICITY; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE ELEMENT SCHEMES; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84907321244     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.07.054     Document Type: Article

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