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fnordpiglet ◴[] No.44451185[source]
Thermoelectric cooling needs as much research as possible. Mechanical cooling is extraordinarily space consuming. CHESS has the potential over the next 10 years to largely replace vapor compression in most systems other than the most extreme gradients or scales. They are small enough to incorporate into most devices and would allow smaller devices more thermal load. In some ways I think efficient TEC like CHESS could be more useful than room temperature super conductors.
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1. bob1029 ◴[] No.44452296[source]
> Mechanical cooling is extraordinarily space consuming.

You'd wind up taking up even more space with a TEC solution at these efficiencies. To replace a 5-ton condensing unit you'd have to reject on the order of 50-100kW of heat.