CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849301467 ISBN 13: 9780849301469

Publisher: CRC Press, 1995

Synopsis

Thermoelectrics is the science and technology associated with thermoelectric converters, that is, the generation of electrical power by the Seebeck effect and refrigeration by the Peltier effect. Thermoelectric generators are being used in increasing numbers to provide electrical power in medical, military, and deep space applications where combinations of their desirable properties outweigh their relatively high cost and low generating efficiency. In recent years there also has been an increase in the requirement for thermoelectric coolers (Peltier devices) for use in infrared detectors and in optical communications. Information on thermoelectrics is not readily available as it is widely scattered throughout the literature. The Handbook centralizes this information in a convenient format under a single cover.
Sixty of the world's foremost authorities on thermoelectrics have contributed to this Handbook. It is comprised of fifty-five chapters, a number of which contain previously unpublished material. The contents are arranged in eight sections: general principles and theoretical considerations, material preparation, measurement of thermoelectric properties, thermoelectric materials, thermoelectric generation, generator applications, thermoelectric refrigeration, and applications of thermoelectric cooling.
The CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics has a broad-based scope. It will interest researchers, technologists, and manufacturers, as well as students and the well-informed, non-specialist reader.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

It is intended that this handbook should serve both as the authoritative reference text on thermoelectrics for the professional scientist and engineer and as a source of general information on thermoelectrics for the well-informed layman. This handbook is comprised of fifty-five chapters written by sixty-one of the leading authorities in their field.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0849301467
• ISBN 13: 9780849301469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 718
• Editor: Rowe D.M.