Use of two-phase loop thermosyphons for thermoelectric refrigeration: experiment and analysis

Reported are the results of an experimental and analytical (simulation) study on a thermoelectric rem frigeration system employing two two-phase loop thermosyphons. The experimental results show that a-heat transfer rates of up to about 2 W/degreesC m(2) (the area based on the outside heat transfer area of the condenser sections) or about 5400 W/degreesC m(2) (the area based on the heat-transfer area of the Peltier element) at the average air temperature of the refrigerator of -4.6degreesC, with an ambient outside air temperature of 25degreesC, can be attainable under the forced convection heat transfer at the finned evaporator and condenser sections. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.