{"title":"Temperature and time dependent finite-element model of a thermoelectric couple","authors":"P. G. Lau, R. Buist","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1996.553305","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The cooling performance of a thermoelectric (TE) couple is modeled from mathematical differential equations via finite-elements with the use of a digital computer. The finite-element model, which incorporates material property dependence on time and temperature, is presented. TE couple transient performance is investigated by applying an on-off current waveform to the model. Results from the model output are compared with experiment.","PeriodicalId":447328,"journal":{"name":"Fifteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings ICT '96","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1996-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"29","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fifteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings ICT '96","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1996.553305","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The cooling performance of a thermoelectric (TE) couple is modeled from mathematical differential equations via finite-elements with the use of a digital computer. The finite-element model, which incorporates material property dependence on time and temperature, is presented. TE couple transient performance is investigated by applying an on-off current waveform to the model. Results from the model output are compared with experiment.