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A Study on the Performance of Thermoelectric Cooling System for Design Parameters of the Cooling Jacket  

Park, Sang-Hee (School of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Lee, Jeong-Eun (School of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Kim, Kyoung-Jin (School of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Kim, Dong-Joo (School of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.21, no.3, 2009 , pp. 149-156 More about this Journal
Abstract
A small-scale thermoelectric cooling system was built in an effort to enhance the performance of the refrigeration system by utilizing the water-cooled jacket which was attached to the hot side of the thermoelectric module. Considered design parameters for the water-cooled jacket were the geometry of the flow passage inside the jacket and the flow rate of cooling water. The higher flow rate of cooling water in the jacket resulted in a better performance of the refrigeration system. The increase in the number of channels for water flow passage inside the cooling jacket also showed significant improvement on the performance of the thermoelectric cooling system such as the cooling capacity and the COP of the refrigeration system.
Keywords
Thermoelectric cooling system; Cooling jacket; Cooling capacity; Coefficient of performance;
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