Modeling and analysis of thermoelectric modules

Author

Lineykin, Simon ; Ben-yaakov, Sam

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

6-10 March 2005

Firstpage

2019

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 TECs and loading effects of TECs. 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; equivalent circuits; feedback; power convertors; power engineering computing; temperature control; SPICE compatible equivalent circuit; electric circuit simulator; signal transfer functions; temperature control application; thermoelectric coolers; thermoelectric generators; thermoelectric module; Circuit simulation; Data mining; Equivalent circuits; Feedback; SPICE; Signal design; Signal generators; Thermoelectricity; Transfer functions; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2005. APEC 2005. Twentieth Annual IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8975-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2005.1453336

Filename

1453336