Date of Award
12-2016
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. HoSung Lee
Second Advisor
Dr. Christopher Cho
Third Advisor
Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala
Keywords
Analytical, study, miniature, thermoelectric, devices
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Miniature thermoelectric devices (TE) have been regarded as hopeful devices to attain efficient cooling in microprocessors and other small-scale devices. To recognize the performances of miniature thermoelectric coolers, a thermoelectric cooling module is theoretically analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the thermoelectric element length effect and the substrate material type influence on the cooling performance. The electrical contact resistance and thermal contact are taken into account.
Furthermore, miniature thermoelectric is compared with large thermoelectric, and effective material properties of miniature thermoelectric are studied. The obtained results also demonstrate power density (cooling/heating power per unit area of the device) of thermoelectric with miniature thermoelectric can be improved, where power density of μTEC is 15 W/cm2 compared with large TEC 0.37 W/cm2.
Recommended Citation
Dhannoon, Mohammed, "Analytical Study of Miniature Thermoelectric Device" (2016). Masters Theses. 767.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/767