RESEARCH OF STATIONARY OPERATING MODES OF THERMOELECTRIC HEATEXCHANGE DEVICES

Abstract

The necessity of detailed research, relevant consume cal semiconductor heat transfer devices. Distinctive features of thermoelectric devices flow type caused by the change of temperature of streams of coolant along the junctions of termoelectromotoare are identified. Differential equations systems determining the temperature change of the coolants, excluding from them the values of the temperatures of the junctions are used. A mathematical model for parallel flow and counter-flow thermoelectric heat pumps has been constuctucted. A mathematical model of a thermoelectric heat exchanger without any flows of heat in the gaps between the semiconductors has been developed. The cooled and heated liquids temperature dependences at the outlet of the heat exchanger from the heat transfer coefficient to the inner surface of the heat exchanger and reduced heat transfer coefficient from the outer surface of the heat exchanger have been constucted. It is proved that for the same values of heat transfer coefficient to the inner surface of the heat exchanger and reduced heat transfer coefficient from the outer surface of the heat exchanger reducing the temperature of fluid to be cooled significantly more than the increase in the temperature of the heated liquid. The main results obtained by the model are summarized. The analysis is carried out using MathCAD.

Keywords

• thermoelectricity
• heatexchange devices
• thermoelectric modules
• semiconductor heat exchangers