Thermoelectric cooling-heating unit for thermostatic body of pickup refrigerated trucks

Author

Bulat, L. ; Nekhoroshev, Y.

Author_Institution

St. Petersburg State Univ. of Refrigeration & Food Eng., Russia

fYear

2003

fDate

17-21 Aug. 2003

Firstpage

648

Lastpage

651

Abstract

An applicability of thermoelectric method for thermostatic control in pickup refrigerated trucks discussed in the paper. The thermoelectric system has reversive properties; therefore it can maintain the constant temperature +(5±1)°C all-the-year-round at the environment temperature (-40 +30)°C. The temperature balance in the thermostatic container of the pickup refrigerated truck VIS-2345 (VAZ2105) was studied. A possible technical solution of the thermoelectric cooling-heating unit for the pickup with the cooling power up to 240 W and the heating power about 285 W suggested. The average electric power supply for thermostatic control of the container during all-the-year-round is equal or even less than the power supply for a vapor-compression refrigerator with an additional electric heater.

Keywords

cooling; heat exchangers; refrigeration; thermoelectric conversion; -40 to 30 C; 240 W; cooling power; heating power; pickup refrigerated trucks; temperature balance; thermoelectric cooling-heating unit; thermostatic body; Containers; Cooling; Costs; Heat transfer; Heating; Power supplies; Refrigeration; Temperature; Testing; Thermoelectricity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermoelectrics, 2003 Twenty-Second International Conference on - ICT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8301-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICT.2003.1287596

Filename

1287596