An analytical development of the hyperbolic behaviour of micro thermoelectric coolers

DOI10.1155/2015/697639MaRDI QIDQ1666367zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Giulia De Aloysio, Giampaolo D'Alessandro, Filippo de Monte

Publication date 27 August 2018

Published in Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/697639

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Summary: The transient behaviour of a micro thermoelectric cooler is described in the present paper through the theory of the thermal wave, involving the relaxation time. The internal heat generation due to the sudden application of the electric current is taken into account by means of the Heaviside function. The governing equations of both the semiconductors are solved by a modified Separation of Variables Method that allows us to have a better description of the device which can be obtained at early times. As regards the performances, the cooling load shows discontinuities due to the contributions of the travelling wave fronts of both the semiconductors. The results show that the coefficient of performance (COP) of the device obtained with the hyperbolic model is lower than that provided by the parabolic model at early times.

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