Analysis of Heat Transfer of Hybrid Refrigeration: Vapour Compression Refrigeration (VCR) and Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC)
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https://doi.org/10.63527/1607-8829-2026-1-76-83Keywords:
heat transfer, hybrid mini-cooler, thermoelectric cooling, vapour compression refrigeration, R-134a refrigerant, temperatureAbstract
Hybrid Mini-cooler is combining the conventional refrigeration and thermoelectric cooler. The conventional refrigeration uses R-134a as working fluid and generated by using electricity from thermal power whereas TEC is generated by using solar panel. This research consists of two methods, those are mini-cooler generated by using thermal power and solar panel. The result shows the inside temperature of mini-cooler which generated by using conventional electricity around 22 oC whereas the temperature on evaporator wall reaches 7 oC. Whereas the mini-cooler which is generated by solar panel through TEC shows increasing wall evaporator temperature rapidly since conventional refrigeration system is already Off whereas the room inside of mini-cooler does not shows increasing temperature rapidly.
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