An electronic control unit for thermoelectric cooling

ŞANVER U., Yavuz E., Eyupoglu C.

2019 IEEE Conference of Russian Young Researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, ElConRus 2019, Saint Petersburg and Moscow, Rusya, 28 - 30 Ocak 2019, ss.141-145 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/eiconrus.2019.8656871
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Saint Petersburg and Moscow
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Rusya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.141-145
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Thermoelectric cooler, PWM, MOSFET, switching
  • İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.