The running gear for this build is nothing fancy; it’s just a standard thermoelectric cooling module and a fan. The trick was getting the airflow over the module right. [Ben] uses two air inlets ...

Neil Savage looks at thermoelectric coolers based on the Peltier effect that are designed for this task. Thermoelectric coolers (TECs), also known as Peltier coolers, are semiconductor devices ...

Last year, Rittal has launched its new award-winning thermoelectric cooling unit. With a 100W cooling capacity and a weight of only 3kg it is the lightest and most efficient thermoelectric cooling ...

Thermoelectric coolers, also called solid-state refrigerators, can induce localized cooling by using an electric current to ...

The maximum efficiency of a thermoelectric material for both power generation and cooling is determined by its figure of merit (zT): For the past 40 years, thermoelectric generators have reliably ...

Research areas Thermal design: heat sinks, thermoelectrics, heat pipes, compact heat exchangers, thermoacoustics and solar cells Optimal design of thermoelectric generators and coolers Applications: ...

The running gear for this build is nothing fancy; it’s just a standard thermoelectric cooling module and a fan. The trick was getting the airflow over the module right. [Ben] uses two air inlets ...

A Chinese-Egyptian research group has investigated how rooftop PV may be coupled with thermoelectric coolers (TEC), which are also known as Peltier heat pumps as they operate according to the ...