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The Tech That Tried to Beat the Compressor - Short #268
In this short podcast episode, Bryan tells the story of the technology that tried to beat the compressor... and still may someday.
We associate cooling with refrigerant... and all the things that come with it, including compressor noise, oil, recovery machines and tanks, leaks, superheat, and regulations. However, there is a means of providing cooling with two pieces of metal and several semiconductors; current runs through it, and one side becomes cold, and the other side becomes hot. This technology is called thermoelectric cooling, associated with the Peltier effect.
In 1834, French…
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