Design and Analysis of Evaporator Used in Household Refrigerator Using Thermoelectric Module
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Growing global demand for refrigeration in refrigeration, air conditioning, food storage, vaccine storage, medical services, and electronic equipment cooling has led to increased global power generation and hence higher CO2 emissions due to global warming.Thermoelectric cooling is a new alternative because it can convert wasted electricity into usable cooling, which should play an important role in addressing today's energy challenges.Therefore, thermoelectric cooling is extremely necessary, especially for developing countries where service life is long, and maintenance is low.The objectives of this study are the design and development of an internal cooling volume of an operational 18-liter thermoelectric refrigerator that uses the Seed back effect to cool and maintain a temperature.The design requirements are to cool this volume to temperature and reach the COP within one hour.Design requirements, available options, and the final thermoelectric cooler design for the application are presented.An analysis of the ANSYS software is required.Therefore, find the optimum temperature to achieve maximum heat transfer and cooling rate.
Authors: Vaibhav Titarmare, Swapnil Choudhary, Bharat Chede, Sharayu Wasu
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4281486034