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0 pointsjbay8084y ago0 comments

Yes, thermocouples can work as heat pumps, and Peltier elements can work as thermocouples.

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There are actually flow meters that make use of this. They heat the thermocouple using itself, then switch back to using it as a thermocouple and measure the rate of heat dissipation and correlate that to flow rate.

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0 pointsjbay8084y ago0 comments

Yes, thermocouples can work as heat pumps, and Peltier elements can work as thermocouples.

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iancmceachern4y ago

There are actually flow meters that make use of this. They heat the thermocouple using itself, then switch back to using it as a thermocouple and measure the rate of heat dissipation and correlate that to flow rate.

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