Thermoelectric Cooler Design

Abstract

Thermoelectric Cooler Design is a Microsoft Windows program to be used as an aid in the design of thermoelectric cooler devices. This program was written to be used to quickly model and compare alternative designs. A couple's optimum coefficient of performance and maximum heat pumping can be quickly determined. Other major features of the program include the ability to change material properties and dimensions of couples, analyze cascaded couples, and graph performance parameters. A brief description of thermoelectric cooler theory, modelling assumptions and complete source code listing is included.... Thermoelectric cooler, Peltier cooler, Seebeck effect, Thomson effect, Thermocouple, coefficient of performance, Windows

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262149

Entities

People

  • William E. Clifton

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Figure Of Merit
  • Heat Energy
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Operating Systems
  • Peltier Effect
  • Seebeck Effect
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermoelectricity
  • Thomson Effect

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.