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Cooling Performance of Thermoelectric Module with Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Fins  

Shin, Jae-Hoon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Han, Hun-Sik (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Kim, Yun-Ho (Division of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Seo-Young (Energy Mechanics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Hyun, Jae-Min (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.22, no.3, 2010 , pp. 171-179 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thermal performance of louver fin and plate fin in a thermoelectric cooling system with a duct-flow type fan arrangement is analytically evaluated. The thermoelectric cooling system consists of a thermoelectric module and two heat exchanger fins. The analytic results show that the optimized louver fin has lower thermal resistance than plate fin. The COP and heat absorbed rate of the thermoelectric cooling system with optimized louver fins are 10.3% and 5.8% higher than optimized plate fins, respectively.
Keywords
Thermal resistance; Thermoelectric module; COP; Heat exchanger fin; Louver fin; Plate fin;
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