Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (설비공학논문집)

The Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea (대한설비공학회)
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Experimental Study of Standalone Cooling and Heating System using Thermoelectric Element for Vehicles

열전소자를 이용한 차량용 독립 냉난방시스템에 대한 실험적 연구

  • Lee, Dae-Woong (Research Division, Halla-Visteon Climate Control Corp.)
  • 이대웅 (한라비스테온공조 연구본부)
  • Received : 2014.04.30
  • Accepted : 2014.05.22
  • Published : 2014.08.10
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cooling and heating performance of a standalone-type thermoelectric system equipped with a thermoelectric module. The system consists of a blower and two thermoelectric modules with a fin, which is soldered onto both sides of the thermoelectric module and a courtesy light. The thermoelectric system experiment is conducted with the intake voltage to find the optimum cooling and heating performance of each. The results showed that the cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP) were 22 W and 0.31, and the heating capacity and COP were 147 W and 1.1, respectively. In the vehicle cooling and heating performance test in a climate wind tunnel, the results showed that the standalone thermoelectric system's cooling performance was slightly better than the base system; and the heating performance of the standalone thermoelectric system was $54.1^{\circ}C$ and the COP was 1.3, compared to the base system.

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