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The figure of merit for a single stage Peltier heat pump is optimized in the region of partial Fermi degeneracy. A more rigorous treatment is presented of the properties of a cascade operating at maximum coefficient of performance. Finally, the heat leak in the absence of current flow is called to attention as a serious problem in devices with excess capacity.
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E. S. Rittner (1959) studied this question.
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