According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of chiller systems including thermoelectric modules, and corresponding control methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a compressor chiller system generally includes a refrigerant loop having a refrigerant fluid, a compressor connected in the refrigerant loop to compress the refrigerant fluid, and a condenser connected in the refrigerant loop to receive the compressed refrigerant fluid from the compressor and to condense the compressed refrigerant fluid. The system also includes a heat transfer component connected in the refrigerant loop to receive the condensed refrigerant fluid from the condenser, and a coolant loop having a coolant fluid. The heat transfer component is connected in the coolant loop to transfer heat from the coolant fluid to the condensed refrigerant fluid. The system further includes a thermoelectric module connected in the coolant loop. The thermoelectric module is adapted to transfer heat into and/or out of the coolant fluid.

A temperature control system may include a thermoelectric device, a controller electrically coupled to the thermoelectric device, a heat transfer structure thermally coupled to the thermoelectric device, a temperature controlled medium thermally coupled to the thermoelectric device and a temperature feedback sensor. The controller may be configured to sense a first value of an electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device and to generate a first electrical control to activate the thermoelectric device in response to sensing the first value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device. The controller may be further configured to sense a second value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device and to generate a second electrical control signal to activate the thermoelectric device in response to sensing the second value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device.

A portable refrigeration container is usable for cooling a bottle of drinkable fluid. It includes a tubular body, a vortex tube, an electronic programmable controller, a tank of compressed air, a battery, a Peltier device, a heat exchanger, and a removable electrical charging station. Optionally, the portable refrigeration container further includes a compressor, a dynamo, and a bracket for attachment to a bicycle frame. The optional compressor and dynamo that electrically recharges the battery, may share a single shaft that is rotatably connected to turn with a bicycle wheel.

A portable, independent thermoelectric temperature regulated system for providing active cooling to one or more payloads. The system includes a thermally insulated housing, one or more thermoelectric converters embedded in the thermally insulated housing, and a power source. The system may include one or more optional payload containers. Multiple payload containers may be used in the same housing. The system includes a control circuit for managing temperature of the payload(s) based on user selections. The housing may be hard or soft, and the multiple payload containers may be maintained at different temperatures. Optional phase change materials may be included that may be charged by the active thermoelectric converter discharged as a source of passive cooling or heating.

A heating and refrigerating device (100) comprises a base (2), a heating unit (3), a guide unit (4), a temperature adjustment unit (5), a heat conduction bottom plate (6), and multiple refrigerating chips (9). The heating unit (3) is disposed on the base (2). The guide unit (4) is disposed on the heating unit (3). The temperature adjustment unit (5) is disposed in the guide unit (4) in a pluggable manner. The heat conduction bottom plate (6) is disposed on the guide unit (4). In the heating and refrigerating device (100), by using the design of the heating unit (3), the temperature adjustment unit (5) and the refrigerating chips (9), the effect of instant refrigeration or instant heating can be achieved.

A cooling assembly for cooling a processor includes a heat sink base defining a first area and a second area, a plurality of heat sink fins extending from the first area, a thermoelectric cooling module having a cold side and hot side, wherein the cold side is in contact with the second area, and a heat sink module in contact with the hot side. In use, a method includes monitoring a processor parameter selected from processor power consumption and processor temperature, and causing airflow across the plurality of heat sink fins and the heat sink module. The method further includes powering on the thermoelectric cooling module in response to the processor parameter having a value greater than a first threshold value, and powering off the thermoelectric cooling module in response to the processor parameter having a value less than a second threshold value.

A medical grade cooler or freezer uses a Peltier system without the use of vapor compression refrigeration. An opening may be cut through a wall, for example, a top, bottom, rear or side wall, of the cooler or freezer and the Peltier device sealed within that opening with the hot side exposed outside of the cooler or freezer and the cold side exposed inside the cooler. When a voltage is applied to the Peltier device, the interior temperature of the cooler may be reduced. The Peltier devices can also be reversed by applying voltage in the opposite direction to remove heat from outside of the cooler and pump heat into the cooler or freezer.

An apparatus for cooling wine comprising an upper housing including an outer portion and an inner portion where a first volume is created in between the outer and inner portions, the outer portion including a tapered cup that creates a second volume in the upper housing portion for receiving wine bottles, a cold sink within a third volume created by the inner portion and the tapered cup, the cold sink coupled to a first end of a Peltier unit, a lower housing that exhausts heat removed from the upper housing, and at least one fan in the third volume, the fan coupled to and controlled by a microcontroller configured to receive temperature parameters from a client device over a communications network.

The disclosure is directed to an energy efficient thermal protection assembly. The thermal protection assembly can comprise three or more thermoelectric unit layers capable of active use of the Peltier effect; and at least one capacitance spacer block suitable for storing heat and providing a delayed thermal reaction time of the assembly. The capacitance spacer block is thermally connected between the thermoelectric unit layers. The present disclosure further relates to a thermoelectric transport and storage devices for transporting or storing temperature sensitive goods, for example, vaccines, chemicals, biologicals, and other temperature sensitive goods. The transport or storage device can be configured and provide on-board energy storage for sustaining, for multiple days, at a constant-temperature, with an acceptable temperature variation band.

In some embodiments, a thermosiphon configured for use within a temperature-regulated storage device includes: a condenser region, including a plurality of evenly spaced condenser channels with horizontally symmetrical bifurcated branches connected to an adiabatic channel, each of the plurality of condenser channels connected at a top position to an upper channel; an evaporator region, including a plurality of evaporator channels, wherein each of the plurality of evaporator channels has a flow channel formed in a serpentine channel pattern and each subunit of the serpentine channel pattern is attached to a vapor return channel at a top of the subunit, and wherein the evaporator region has at least one lowest position connected directly to a vapor return channel; and an adiabatic region including at least one adiabatic channel connecting the evaporator channels and the condenser channels.