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AFAIK, no one has tried to build a Peltier cell paired with a heat pump. I am not an expert, but I would imagine that it's a path that could bring higher effici
by simonebrunozzi 1y ago
AFAIK, no one has tried to build a Peltier cell paired with a heat pump. I am not an expert, but I would imagine that it's a path that could bring higher efficiencies. Thoughts?
- roelschroeven 1y agoIt seems to me that if you have a heat pump, you don't need the Peltier anymore.
- whamlastxmas 1y agoIt would be more efficient to just make the heat pump slightly more capable of cooling to reach the same total performance
- everforward 1y agoAlso not an expert, but I’m struggling to find a combination where one of those couldn’t be replaced with a passive thermoconductive element. It’s hard to beat the efficiency of “free”.
- thoroughburro 1y agoThe heat pump is already so efficient that, I assume, adding something less efficient just makes it worse.
- marcosdumay 1y agoIt's one of those cases where you can chase a very small relative gain by adding a lot of complexity.
- cyberge99 1y agoLike horsepower.