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Refrigeration system including thermoelectric module

  • US 7,278,269 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2006
  • Issued: 10/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of conditioning a space with a refrigeration system, the method comprising:

  • operating a vapor compression cycle as first heat sink for a first side of a thermoelectric device;

    circulating a heat-transfer fluid flowing through a heat-transfer circuit in heat-transfer relation with a second side of a thermoelectric device;

    transferring heat from an air flow in the space to said heat-transfer fluid;

    transferring heat between said first heat sink and said second heat sink to condition the space,wherein said transferring heat between said first and second heat sinks includes transferring heat from said heat-transfer fluid through said thermoelectric device to a compressible fluid flowing through said vapor compression cycle.

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