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Peltier devices and entropy


MattC

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Correct me if I'm wrong about any of this, please

Peltier devices utilize an electrical current to produce a cold side and a hot side. The hot side gains it's heat energy from the electricity used to drive the device and from the heat absorbed by the cold side.

 

Would it be wrong to say that close to 100% of the energy used to power the device ends up as heat on the hot side?

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