SPICE compatible equivalent circuit of the energy conversion processes in thermoelectric modules

Author

Lineykin, Simon ; Ben-yaakov, Sam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

fYear

2004

fDate

6-7 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

349

Abstract

The objective of this work was to develop a SPICE compatible equivalent circuit of a thermoelectric module (TEM). A methodology is developed for extracting the parameters of the proposed model from manufacturers´ data of thermoelectric coolers (TEC) and thermoelectric generators (TEG). The model could be helpful for analyzing the drive requirements of TEC and loading effects of TEG. The present model is compatible with PSPICE or other electric circuit simulators. An important feature of the model is its ability to generate small signal transfer functions that can be used to design feedback networks for temperature control applications.

Keywords

SPICE; circuit feedback; circuit simulation; equivalent circuits; temperature control; thermoelectric conversion; transfer functions; PSPICE; SPICE compatible equivalent circuit; TEC; TEG; drive requirements; electric circuit simulators; energy conversion processes; feedback networks; loading effects; small signal transfer functions; temperature control; thermoelectric coolers; thermoelectric generators; thermoelectric modules; Circuit simulation; Data mining; Energy conversion; Equivalent circuits; SPICE; Signal design; Signal generators; Thermoelectricity; Transfer functions; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 23rd IEEE Convention of

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8427-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEI.2004.1361162

Filename

1361162