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Everything you wanted to know about Peltier Effect, but were too shy...

by Staff Writer | posted on 10 February 2010

The "Thermoelectric Handbook" is about commercially available Peltier cooling devices. Solid state heat pumps "have been known since the discovery of the Peltier effect in 1834. The devices became commercially available in the 60’s with the development of advanced semiconductor thermocouple materials in combination with ceramics substrates."

Thermoelectric modules (TEMs) are solid-state heat pumps that require a heat exchanger to dissipate heat utilizing the Peltier Effect, and there's a "novice engineer level" tutorial about them in the new, revised Handbook, published by Laird (best known here for its Bluetooth modules).

The handbook is available in PDF format for download or reading online.