Investigation of continuous pulse current source on the performance of phase change material-thermoelectric cooler system

Guo, Yanhong; Zhang, Xinyu; Wang, Jing; Yan, Yuying; Ren, Yong

Abstract

In this particle, the influence of phase change materials (PCM) on the property of thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is studied by numerical simulation. The heat sink integrated with PCM is placed on the hot side of TEC to reduce the fluctuation of temperature under a continuous pulse current source. The performance of a single-layer PCM-TEC system with that of a single TEC system under continuous pulse current source is firstly compared. Based on this, the effects of current source type, PCM layer, pulse width, cooling load and pulse amplitude on the cooling performance of TEC are investigated in depth. The results show that, compared to a single TEC system, PCM is able to considerably enhance the cooling performance of the TEC during the phase transition period. Besides, increasing PCM layer or decreasing cooling load improves the phase change interval, which increases threefold when the cooling load increases from 0.02 W to 0.06 W. In addition, it is found that lower temperature can be achieved by increasing pulse width or pulse amplitude.

Citation

Guo, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, J., Yan, Y., & Ren, Y. (2023). Investigation of continuous pulse current source on the performance of phase change material-thermoelectric cooler system. e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 4, Article 100163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prime.2023.100163

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 25, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Apr 29, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-06
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 19, 2023
• Journal: e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy
• Print ISSN: 2772-6711
• Electronic ISSN: 2772-6711
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Article Number: 100163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prime.2023.100163
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/20288065
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277267112300058X