Affiliation(s)
1. Department of Electronics, Electrical & Machine Science, Faculty of TS, Prof. d-r Asen Zlatarov University of Burgas, Bulgaria
2. Department of Electronics, Faculty of TS, Technical University of Gabrovo, Bulgaria
ABSTRACT
TEM (thermoelectric Peltier modules) are
devices that convert electrical power in a temperature gradient. Its action is
based on Peltier effect. The devices are relatively simple and with small
dimensions, they possess a good construction reliability and long service life
(over 200,000 hours). They do not have any moving parts or environmentally
harmful refrigerants. Modern TEM are highly effective—with power up to several hundreds of watts. In recent years, thermoelectric cooling
systems have been widely used. They have been applied in modern vehicles
for cooling and preserving products during their transportation, in
portable cooling bags, computer, military and medical equipment. Usually
in TEM catalogue data present some
transducer characteristics and maximum parameters, but they are insufficient to
create highly efficient
thermoelectric systems. The purpose of this article is to offer a
relatively easy method for modeling of TEM, and the results are presented in tabular
and graphic form by Matlab.
KEYWORDS
Thermoelectric
Peltier modules, thermoelectric cooling systems, modeling, TEC, TEG.
Cite this paper
References