Systems and methods for thermal control of an information handling resource using thermoelectric effect

A method comprising, in a system comprising an air mover configured to drive a flow of air, a heat-generating component in a path of the flow of air:

• causing a flow of air driven from an air mover to be driven in a path of the flow of air proximate to heat-rejecting media of an assembly comprising the heat-rejecting media and a thermoelectric cooling apparatus thermally coupled to the heat-rejecting media and arranged such that the heat-rejecting media is in the path of the flow of air between the air mover and the heat-generating component;
• and
• controlling an electrical parameter applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus in order to create a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, such that when the electrical parameter is applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, heat is transferred from the flow of air to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus via the heat-rejecting media;
• wherein the controller adjusts the electrical parameter applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus only when a temperature signal indicative of a temperature associated with the heat-generating component indicates the temperature exceed a maximum threshold and a speed of the air mover is at its maximum.

An assembly comprising:

• a heat-generating component;
• heat-rejecting media;
• and
• a thermoelectric cooling apparatus thermally coupled to the heat-rejecting media, wherein the thermoelectric cooling apparatus is configured to create a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric cooling apparatus when an electrical parameter is applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, such that when the electrical parameter is applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, heat is transferred from a flow of air to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus via the heat-rejecting media;
• wherein the assembly is arranged such that the heat-rejecting media is configured to be in a path of the flow of air between an air mover and the heat-generating component;
• wherein the controller adjusts the electrical parameter applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus only when a temperature signal indicative of a temperature associated with the heat-generating component indicates the temperature exceed a maximum threshold and a speed of the air mover is at its maximum.