Geometry optimization of thermoelectric coolers using simplified conjugate-gradient method
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.069
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Thermoelectric cooling; Numerical modeling; Coupling of temperature and electric potential; Simplified conjugate-gradient method; Optimization;All these keywords.
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