Portal:Thermoelectrics

Part of the Division of Thermal Sciences and the School of Engineering

Content summary

W:Thermoelectrics is the branch of Topic:Mechanical_engineering and thermodynamics that studies the relationships between heat and electricity. Subjects studied herein include:

• The w:Seebeck Effect

1. Researchers at UC Berkeley have recently demonstrated the Seebeck effect using w:benezedithiol, a cheap organic molecule.
2. Recently developed at Carnegie-Mellon, the w:thermocouple thermoelectric-generator has been loosed upon the market.

Prerequisites

Mathematics

• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Calculus
• Differential Equations

Physics

• Introduction to physics
• Thermodynamics
• Electromagnetism

Learning Materials

Texts

• b:...

Thermoelectrics Lessons

• Thermoelectrics Lesson One

Assignments

Preliminary Study guide

1. Wikipedia article:Thermodynamics
2. Wikipedia article:Units

Readings

• Peruse the appropriate sections of b:...

References

Additional helpful readings include:

• Open Courseware, MIT

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