Publication: Variable thermal resistor based on self-powered Peltier effect
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2008
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IOP Publishing Ltd
Abstract
Heat flow through a thermoelectric material or device can be varied by an electrical resistor connected in parallel to it. This phenomenon is exploited to design a novel thermal component-variable thermal resistor. The theoretical background to this novel application is provided and an experimental result to demonstrate its feasibility is reported.