Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0453758

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0453758

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Thermal enhancement strategies and development of a high-performance micro-scale heat exchanger for thermoelectric refrigeration with large cooling loads. Traditional refrigeration essentially utilises CFC-refrigerants which are potent atmospheric pollutants causing widespread ecological damage. Devoid of such adversities, electronic heat pumping mechanism of thermoelectric principle offers a practical ?CFC-free? alternative for conventional cooling methods. While the current thermoelectric technology adequately meets light cooling demand, its potential for heavy-duty refrigeration is critically undermined by ill-developed methods for dissipating heat from thermoelectric modules to coolants, and remains grossly under-utilised. The proposed work will devise novel heat transfer techniques for raising thermoelectric cooling thresholds to suit large heat loads and develop a thermally enhanced micro-scale heat exchanger for application in commercial thermoelectric refrigeration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-2004

End Date: 04-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $99,726.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Interdisciplinary Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering/Technology Instrumentation | Heat And Mass Transfer Operations

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Residential and commercial | Industry |

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