Solid state heater cooler: design and evaluation

Author

Alaoui, Chakib ; Salameh, Ziyad M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Lowell, MA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

145

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to design, fabricate and evaluate a portable solid state heater cooler (SSHC). Thermoregulation of inner recording chamber is achieved using the Peltier effect modules and a feedback control unit. The operating temperature range is from -5°C to +100°C, and the temperature can be maintained within +/- 1°C of the command value; it can also be rapidly and reliably changed. The temperature can be controlled by regulating the current to the thermoelectric modules, from either a computer or a designed analog circuit. This project was also aimed to maximize the efficiency and the power used by the Peltier modules by using high-density fins heat sinks. The SSHC is being used in the power laboratory for small batteries test, it can also be used as a vaccine refrigerator, an organ transfer coolant, or for temperature control for the electric vehicle

Keywords

Peltier effect; cooling; electric current control; feedback; heat pumps; heat sinks; heating; temperature control; thermoelectric devices; -5 to 100 C; Li-ion batteries; Peltier effect heat pump; Peltier effect modules; current regulation; efficiency maximisation; feedback control unit; high-density fins heat sinks; inner recording chamber thermoregulation; operating temperature range; organ transfer coolant; small batteries test; solid state heater cooler; temperature control; thermoelectric modules; vaccine refrigerator; Analog circuits; Analog computers; Feedback control; Heat sinks; Laboratories; Maintenance; Solid state circuits; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Thermoelectricity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering, 2001. LESCOPE '01. 2001 Large Engineering Systems Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7107-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LESCPE.2001.941640

Filename

941640