TY - JOUR
TI - Modeling of thermoelectric module operation in inhomogeneous transient temperature field using finite element method
AU - Nikolić Radovan H
AU - Radovanović Miroslav R
AU - Živković Miroslav M
AU - Nikolić Aleksandar V
AU - Rakić Dragan M
AU - Blagojević Milan R
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2014
VL - 18
IS - 11
SP - 239
EP - 250
PT - Article
AB - This paper is the result of research and operation modeling of the new  systems for cooling of cutting tools based on thermoelectric module. A copper  inlay with thermoelectric module on the back side was added to a standard  turning tool for metal processing. For modeling and simulating the operation  of thermoelectric module, finite element method was used as a method for  successful solving the problems of inhomogeneous transient temperature field  on the cutting tip of lathe knives. Developed mathematical model is  implemented in the software package PAK-T through which numerical results are  obtained. Experimental research was done in different conditions of  thermoelectric module operation. Cooling of the hot module side was done by a  heat exchanger based on fluid using automatic temperature regulator. After  the calculation is done, numerical results are in good agreement with  experimental. It can be concluded that developed mathematical model can be  used successfully for modeling of cooling of cutting tools. [Projekat  Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR32036]