Relationship between the merit factor of thermoelectric materials and the air conditioning unit of urban electric cars
- Counsulting Engineer, 2 av. DODE de la BRUNERIE 75016 Paris (France)
The main benefit of electric cars is to reduce air pollution in cities that is thus desirable to equip them with non polluting air conditioning units and this rules out frigorific compressors operating with CFC. The planned replacement of CFC by HFC is at best an interim solution. The best solution is certainly to use thermoelectric air conditioning units, which are inherently pollution-free. However, these have a fairly low COPF when compared to traditional compressor units. We study the relationship between the cooling of the interior of urban electric cars and the merit factor of the thermoelectric material in their Peltier unit. This should help provide concrete target properties of future T E materials. {copyright} {ital 1995} {ital American} {ital Institute} {ital of} {ital Physics}.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 165406
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940830-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 96:002080
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 316, Issue 1; Conference: 13. international conference on thermoelectrics, Kansas City, MO (United States), 30 Aug - 1 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 10 Aug 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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