A number of prototype thermoelectric refrigerators are investigated and their cooling performances evaluated in terms of the coefficient-of-performance, heat-pumping capacity and cooling-down rate. The coefficient-of-performance of a thermoelectric refrigerator is found to be around 0.3-0.5 for...

Site selection plays an important role in the entire life cycle of solar thermal power plant (STPP) and the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are very important in the whole STPP site selection process. Some problems in the present MCDM methods decrease the evaluation quality of STPP...