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Study of a thermoelectric space cooling system integrated with phase change material
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In this paper, a thermoelectric cooling system integrated with phase change material (PCM) has been proposed for space cooling purpose, in which PCM stores cold thermal energy at night and functions as a heat sink to reduce hot side temperature during daytime cooling period and thus improve the performance efficiency of the system.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2015-07-05. It has received 81 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermoelectric cooling & Water cooling.read more
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Phase change materials (PCM) for cooling applications in buildings: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of different phase change materials (PCM) applications in buildings for reducing cooling loads under different climate conditions, and the factors affecting the successful and the effective use of the PCM.
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Novel approaches and recent developments on potential applications of phase change materials in solar energy
A.K. Pandey,Md. Sazzad Hossain,V.V. Tyagi,Nasrudin Abd Rahim,Nasrudin Abd Rahim,Jeyraj A,L. Selvaraj,Ahmet Sarı +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, phase change materials (PCMs) can be applied to several different solar energy systems for the extended heat energy storage which is quite useful as the solar energy is intermittent in nature and is unavailable during the night period.
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Numerical investigation of heat pipe-based photovoltaic–thermoelectric generator (HP-PV/TEG) hybrid system
TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical investigation of a hybrid system comprising of thermoelectric generator integration with a heat pipe-based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) absorber is proposed and evaluated.
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Experimental investigation of thermoelectric generator (TEG) with PCM module
TL;DR: In this article, phase change material (PCM) absorbs heat during its melting, thus stabilizing temperature of the cool side of TEG, and the results confirmed the potential of the application of phase change materials as a cooling/heating media in TEGs.
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Personal thermal management using portable thermoelectrics for potential building energy saving
Dongliang Zhao,Xing Lu,Xing Lu,Tianzhu Fan,Yuen Shing Wu,Lun Lou,Qiuwang Wang,Jintu Fan,Ronggui Yang,Ronggui Yang +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a portable thermoelectric energy conversion unit (TECU) that converts electricity into cooling and heating energy is developed to regulate the thermal comfort of a human body.
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Thermodynamic comparison of Peltier, Stirling, and vapor compression portable coolers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the performance of four small-capacity portable coolers that employ different cooling technologies: thermoelectric, Stirling, and vapor compression using two different compressors (reciprocating and linear).
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Experimental evaluation of a prototype thermoelectric system integrated with PCM (phase change material) for space cooling
Dongliang Zhao,Gang Tan +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a prototype thermoelectric system integrated with PCM (phase change material) heat storage unit for space cooling has been introduced in a reduced-scale chamber has achieved 7°C temperature difference between "indoor" and "outdoor" environments and realized an average cooling COP (coefficient of performance) of 0.87.
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An investigation of thermoelectric cooling devices for small-scale space conditioning applications in buildings
TL;DR: In this paper, a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) designed for small-scale space conditioning applications in buildings is presented, and a theoretical study is undertaken to find the optimum operating conditions, which were then applied in the laboratory testing work.
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Analytical and numerical parameter extraction for compact modeling of thermoelectric coolers
Min Chen,G. Jeffrey Snyder +1 more
TL;DR: The compact model is demonstrated to be helpful in evaluating the thermal system components such as an air-cooled heat sink, so that the system-level thermal management optimization is possible without complex, multi-scale computation.
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Development of a temperature-controlled car-seat system utilizing thermoelectric device
TL;DR: In this article, a thermoelectric device was used to control the temperature of the car-seat surface: the warm temperature in the summer and cold temperature in winter, and a robust control algorithm based on the sliding mode control was applied, respectively.
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