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Refrigeration Technology A practical thermoelectric cooler usually consists of several modules of semiconductor material that are connected electrically in series and thermally in parallel. There is no compressor and no fluid flow involved. The thermoelectric cooler has the advantages of being compact, simple, quiet, and reliable. weisean HeNan Polytechnic University 2--Methods of Decreasing Temperature 66 Refrigeration Technology 2. Analysis of thermo-Electric refrigeration The quantity of heat is directly proportional to the current in the circuit: and Where π is called Peltier coefficient, and α is thermoelectric power, also called differential Seebeck coefficient. T is the temperature of the junction,K The heat absorbed per unit time by Peltier coefficient at the cold junction is weisean HeNan Polytechnic University 2--Methods of Decreasing Temperature 67 Refrigeration Technology The heat produced by electric resistance of the thermo-electric elements, Joule heat, is Where assuming half of the joule heat is added to the cold junction; The heat transfer from the hot junction to cold junction by thermal conduction can be quantified as follows if other forms of heat transfer from the surroundings are negligible: weisean HeNan Polytechnic University 2--Methods of Decreasing Temperature 68 Refrigeration Technology According to the 1st Law of Thermodynamics, the refrigeration capacity of the thermoelectric setup Qc is The coefficient of performance, COP, of the system is weisean HeNan Polytechnic University 2--Methods of Decreasing Temperature 69 Refrigeration Technology 3. The figure of merit z or zT z or zT are called the figure of merit (性能系数). z is a property of the thermo-electric elements, which combines a material’s electric and thermal conductivities and capability of thermo-electric conversion. An ideal material would conduct electrons as good as a metal would, and resist heat conduction good as a glass would. However this k