Design Problems for Final

Projects
For ME5390
July 2019
1. A Heat Sink with a Heat Pipe for a Laptop Computer

Remote heat exchanger using a heat pipe

embedded in a block for a laptop computer
2. Continuation of the Midterm Project
3. Demonstration of Thermoelectric Heat-Sink-Air-
Duct Tutorial
4. Analysis of a Mini Thermoelectric Cooler
Commercial Module for
The Thermoelectric
Cooler

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5. Thermoelectric Generator Tower
Hot and Cold Plate Temperature for TEG Tower

Temperature Temperature Gradient Between Hot

120
Plate and Cold Plate
100
70

80 60
Temperature (°C)

Temperature (Hot

Temperature (°C)
Plate) 50
60 40
Temperature (Cold
Plate) 30 Temperature
40 Gradient
20

20 10
0
0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Time (min)
Time (min)
6. Solar Thermoelectric Generator
Nature Materials 10,
532-538 (2011)
60

50 5

STEG Efficiency (%)

Power (mW)
40 4

30 3
Power
Kraemer et al. (2011)
20 Efficiency 2

Kraemer et al. (2011)

10 1
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Current (A) 10
7. Thermoelectric Exhaust Systems

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8. Thermoelectric Cooling using Solar Thermoelectric
Generator
The End