PRIKLADNAYA FIZIKA
(Applied Physics)

The Scientific and Technical Journal


2016, No. 2 Founded in 1994. Moscow


Adiabatic anisotropic cooling element

V. G. Okhrem

Chernivtsi Department of National Technical University "KhPI"
203-a Holovna str., Chernivtsi, 58018, Ukraine
E-mail: okhrem@ukr.net

Received November 11, 2015

The idea discussed in this article is based on the thermoelectric cooler is used as the working effect of the anisotropy of the thermopower. This idea is not new. In the second half of the last century it is very intense and space to explore the possibility of application of this anisotropy for the construction of thermoelectric power generators. This paper presents the theory of anisotropic thermoelectric cooler, which side faces adiabatically isolated from the external environment. Such a fridge could be used for cooling of microelectronic devices, i. e., those that emit negligible amount of heat. A distinctive feature of the cooler compared with conventional Peltier refrigerator is that it is easier to design and technological terms. The author calculated a possible reduction in temperature and obtained the variant of the design of the refrigerator.

PACS: 85.80.F.

Keywords: thermoelectric cooling, adiabatic insulation, anisotropic thermal element.

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