Sinergi
Vol 27, No 3 (2023)

Mini air conditioning design with two levels of thermoelectric cooler module: cooling heat pipe

Irwin Bizzy (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya)
Darmawi Darmawi (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya)
Agung Mataram (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya)
Fadhil Fuad Rachman (Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang)

Article Info

Publish Date
11 Sep 2023

Abstract

As the tropical country, the use of air conditioning (AC) in Indonesia is still high. This will affect energy consumption and global warming issue. This study aims to make solution of the AC issue with a design of the mini-AC using thermoelectrical cooler (TEC) technology and determine the output temperature result of the design, then to find out the coefficient of performance (COP) of the TEC cooler. The mini-AC design or method uses two TEC with additional heat sink, heat pipe, and fan to help release temperature to environment. The temperature measuring uses an 11-point thermocouple with real-time data collection using BTM-4208sd logger. The results of the study concluded that the mini-AC could work well even though one of the TECs was below its best performance. The use of heat pipes can help reduce heat quickly from TEC heat side. The best COP of TEC with ideal heat reduction is 0.69 from the upper position (72 W), and the highest at lower position (48 W) with 2.19.

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Abbrev

sinergi

Publisher

Universitas Mercu Buana

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering Engineering Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

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SINERGI is a peer-reviewed international journal published three times a year in February, June, and October. The journal is published by Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Mercu Buana. Each publication contains articles comprising high quality theoretical and empirical original research papers, ...