In this master's thesis, we investigated the operation of an electrically actuated thermal switch for time-controlled heat management. In the first part of the study, we designed an experimental setup to perform a parametric analysis of the performance of the thermal switch. The analysis focused on the effects of operating frequency and heating power density on the achieved switching ratio. Subsequently, the operation of the thermal switch was numerically analyzed using the TCC Builder program. The numerical simulations were validated against the experimental results. The results show that the numerical simulations accurately predict the behavior of the thermal switch, although larger deviations can be observed at lower operating frequencies. This master's thesis contributes to a deeper understanding of electrically actuated thermal switches and provides guidelines for improving the performance of the manufactured thermal switch.
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