Cooling performance of solar cell driven, thermoelectric cooling prototype headgear

被引：23

作者：

Hara, T ^{[1
]}

Azuma, H ^{[1
]}

Shimizu, H ^{[1
]}

Obora, H ^{[1
]}

Sato, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nippon Inst Technol, Dept Syst Engn, Miyashiro, Saitama 3458501, Japan

来源：

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING | 1998年 / 18卷 / 11期

关键词：

solar cell; thermoelectric element; refrigeration; personal cooling;

D O I：

10.1016/S1359-4311(98)00046-5

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Cooling performance of solar cell-driven, thermoelectric cooling prototype headgear was examined experimentally. Three types of prototype headgear were made and examined. They were cooled by thermoelectric elements and driven by solar cells. Conventional cooling caps driven by solar cells only blow ambient air to the face with an electric fan. A thermoelectric element was set at the front of a headgear to cool a forehead. Solar cells were mounted on the top and the brim of the headgear to work the thermoelectric element. Three prototypes of headgear with solar cells and a thermoelectric element were made and tested. Refrigeration capacity and thermal comfort were examined by subject in cases of sitting, walking and bicycling. The temperature difference between ambient and cooling temperature was required to be 4-5 degrees Celsius for thermal comfort. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：1159 / 1169

页数：11