An Electronic Control Unit for Thermoelectric Cooling

Due to their efficient operation in small volumes, Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) have a wide usage in cooling applications, and are preferable wherever usage of compressor-based cooling systems is hard. In this study, a control unit for thermoelectric cooling modules has been designed and implemente...

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Published in:IEEE NW Russia Young Researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conference pp. 141 - 145
Main Authors: Sanver, Ufuk, Yavuz, Erdem, Eyupoglu, Can
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.01.2019
Subjects:
Cooling
Logic gates
Microcontrollers
MOSFET
Pulse width modulation
PWM
Switches
switching
Temperature sensors
Thermoelectric cooler
ISSN:2376-6565
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Summary:Due to their efficient operation in small volumes, Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) have a wide usage in cooling applications, and are preferable wherever usage of compressor-based cooling systems is hard. In this study, a control unit for thermoelectric cooling modules has been designed and implemented based on a microcontroller. The designed system allows users to specify the threshold values for thermoelectric coolers to operate on. The microcontroller drives the TEC using a pulse width modulation (PWM) technique via a MOSFET as a switching component. Adopting a PWM-based control technique makes it possible to manage the speed and energy consumption of the TEC system.
ISSN:2376-6565
DOI:10.1109/EIConRus.2019.8656871