Thermal properties of commercial thermoelectric modules

Author

Palacios, Rafael ; Sanz-Bobi, Miguel Angel

Author_Institution

Inst. de Investigacion Tecnologica, Univ. Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain

fYear

1997

fDate

26-29 Aug 1997

Firstpage

628

Lastpage

631

Abstract

This paper shows the results of testing two commercial thermoelectric modules, one is the typical 12 V, Tmax=80°C and the other, designed for high temperature, is a 50 W, Tmax=200°C. All the results have been obtained experimentally using a test bench designed and built for this purpose. Special procedures were applied in order to be able to control the temperature in both sides of the thermoelectric module during the experiments. A description of the test bench (which is very easy to build for any laboratory) and the procedures for testing modules in a convenient way are also included. The results obtained correspond to a wide range of working conditions: a temperature from -15°C to 190°C, a range of heat power from 10 W to 50 W, and electric power from 0.1 W to 80 W

Keywords

cooling; heat pumps; modules; reliability; temperature measurement; thermal properties; thermoelectric conversion; thermoelectric devices; thermoelectric power; -15 to 190 C; 0.1 to 80 W; 10 to 50 W; cold sink; commercial thermoelectric modules; cooling modules; electric power; heat power; optimal working condition; performance graphs; test bench; thermal properties; thermoelectric semiconductors; Employee welfare; Equations; Heat transfer; Manufacturing; Tellurium; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Testing; Thermoelectricity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermoelectrics, 1997. Proceedings ICT '97. XVI International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dresden

ISSN

1094-2734

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4057-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICT.1997.667608

Filename

667608