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REFROIDISSEMENT EFFET PELTIER [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Thermoelectricity and Thermoelectronics
CONT

Thermoelectric refrigeration came into prominence only during the 1960s, when the unusual characteristics of semiconductor materials showed a sufficiently satisfactory performance to justify commercial usage. The useful effect for refrigeration is the so-called Peltier effect ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Thermoélectrique et thermoélectronique
CONT

C'est cette remarquable propriété de l'effet Peltier qui s'est trouvée [...] à l'origine d'une technique très particulière d'applications des phénomènes thermo-électriques: système révolutionnaire de refroidissement [...] appelé depuis le «refroidissement thermo-électrique» [...]

Key term(s)
  • réfrigération thermo-électrique

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