TCCbuilder: An open-source tool for the analysis of thermal switches, thermal diodes, thermal regulators, and thermal control circuits

IF 4.6 2区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

iScience Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2024.111263

Katja Vozel , Katja Klinar , Nada Petelin , Andrej Kitanovski

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In the area of thermal management, thermal control elements (TCEs) and thermal control circuits (TCCs) are proving to be innovative solutions to the challenges of temperature control and heat dissipation in various applications, ranging from electronic cooling to energy conversion and temperature control in buildings. Their integration promises to improve power density, energy efficiency, system reliability and system life expectancy. With the aim of connecting researchers in the field of thermal management and accelerating the development of TCEs and TCCs, we have developed an open-source TCC simulation tool called TCCbuilder that enables a quick and easy time-dependent 1D numerical analysis of the behavior of TCEs and TCCs. It uses the heat conduction equation to solve temperature profiles in different devices. The TCCbuilder application offers features not previously available with any other TCC modeling tool: a large adjacent library of materials and TCEs as well as a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI).

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TCCbuilder：用于分析热敏开关、热敏二极管、热调节器和热敏控制电路的开源工具

在热管理领域，热控制元件（TCE）和热控制电路（TCC）被证明是应对各种应用中温度控制和散热挑战的创新解决方案，这些应用包括电子冷却、能源转换和建筑物温度控制等。它们的集成有望提高功率密度、能源效率、系统可靠性和系统寿命。为了将热管理领域的研究人员联系起来，加速 TCE 和 TCC 的开发，我们开发了一款名为 TCCbuilder 的开源 TCC 仿真工具，该工具可对 TCE 和 TCC 的行为进行快速、简便的随时间变化的一维数值分析。它使用热传导方程来求解不同器件中的温度曲线。TCCbuilder 应用程序具有其他 TCC 建模工具所不具备的功能：邻近的大型材料和 TCE 库以及用户友好的图形用户界面 (GUI)。

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iScience Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

1.70%

发文量

1972

审稿时长

6 weeks

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