Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Thermoelectric – Electric power generator
Patent
1985-02-25
1987-01-06
Terapane, John F.
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Thermoelectric
Electric power generator
136201, 136205, H01L 3528
Patent
active
046348034
ABSTRACT:
A method of selecting optimum values for the factors H and .mu. in a thermoelectric heating/cooling device. A system model is formulated by relating the heat transfer characteristics of the heat exchangers on the hot and cold sides of the device to the thermoelectric properties of the TE couples. The model yields a set of governing differential equations that take into account the relative flow directions of the fluids and the position dependence of the temperatures. The equations can be solved and the solutions used in an iterative procedure to select optimum values of H and .mu. that will meet the specified heating or cooling requirements. In a less rigorous method, the average temperatures on the hot and cold sides of the device are used, and these temperatures are mathematically expressed by equations that normally provide results within acceptable margins of error.
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Midwest Research Institute
Terapane John F.
Wallen T. J.
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