Polymer-based electrocaloric cooling devices

Zhang, Qiming; Lu, Sheng-Guo; Li, Xinyu; Gorny, Lee; Cheng, Jiping; Neese, Bret P; Chu, Baojin

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Title: Polymer-based electrocaloric cooling devices

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Cooling devices (i.e., refrigerators or heat pumps) based on polymers which exhibit a temperature change upon application or removal of an electrical field or voltage, (e.g., fluoropolymers or crosslinked fluoropolymers that exhibit electrocaloric effect).

Inventors:: Zhang, Qiming; Lu, Sheng-Guo; Li, Xinyu; Gorny, Lee; Cheng, Jiping; Neese, Bret P; Chu, Baojin

Issue Date:: 2014-10-28

Research Org.:: The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1162129

Patent Number(s):: 8869542

Application Number:: 12/844,335

Assignee:: The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, PA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
F25B21/00 - Machines, plant, or systems, using electric or magnetic effects {
F25B2321/001 - by using electro-caloric effects

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
Y02B30/00 - Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]

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DOE Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46410

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2010 Jul 27

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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                    Zhang, Qiming, Lu, Sheng-Guo, Li, Xinyu, Gorny, Lee, Cheng, Jiping, Neese, Bret P, and Chu, Baojin. Polymer-based electrocaloric cooling devices.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Zhang, Qiming, Lu, Sheng-Guo, Li, Xinyu, Gorny, Lee, Cheng, Jiping, Neese, Bret P, & Chu, Baojin. Polymer-based electrocaloric cooling devices.  United States.

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                    Zhang, Qiming, Lu, Sheng-Guo, Li, Xinyu, Gorny, Lee, Cheng, Jiping, Neese, Bret P, and Chu, Baojin. Tue .  
        "Polymer-based electrocaloric cooling devices".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1162129.

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  abstractNote = {Cooling devices (i.e., refrigerators or heat pumps) based on polymers which exhibit a temperature change upon application or removal of an electrical field or voltage, (e.g., fluoropolymers or crosslinked fluoropolymers that exhibit electrocaloric effect).},

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Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same
patent, December 2007

Method of manufacturing vinylidene difluoride and trifluoroethylene-based dielectric copolymers
patent, July 2010

Device and method for converting thermal energy into electrical energy
patent, October 2010

Closely spaced electrodes with a uniform gap
patent, September 2011

Closely spaced electrodes with a uniform gap
patent, January 2012

Device and method for converting thermal energy into electrical energy
patent, May 2012

Thermo-electric heat pump systems
patent, February 2014

Thermo-electric heat pump systems
patent, March 2014

Electrocaloric cooling
patent, April 2014

Electrocaloric heat transfer
patent, July 2014

Methods and apparatus for applying liquid fluoropolymer solutions to substrates
patent-application, December 2001

Ferroelectric relaxor polymers
patent-application, July 2002

Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same
patent-application, January 2006

Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same
patent-application, June 2006

Method of manufacturing vinylidene difluoride and trifluoroethylene-based dielectric copolymers
patent-application, July 2007

Thin multichip flex-module
patent-application, September 2007

Thin multichip flex-module
patent-application, September 2007

Thin multichip flex-module
patent-application, September 2007

Thin multichip flex-module
patent-application, September 2007

Thin multichip flex-module
patent-application, September 2007

Thin multichip flex-module
patent-application, September 2007

Micro-Transducer and Thermal Switch for Same
patent-application, November 2007

Device and Method for Converting Thermal Energy into Electrical Energy
patent-application, December 2008

High-Frequency, Thin-Film Liquid Crystal Thermal Switches
patent-application, February 2010

Device and Method for Converting Thermal Energy into Electrical Energy
patent-application, January 2011

Electrocaloric Cooling
patent-application, June 2011

Flow-Synchronous Field Motion Refrigeration
patent-application, September 2012

Thermo-Electric Heat Pump Systems
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Giant Electrostriction and Relaxor Ferroelectric Behavior in Electron-Irradiated Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer
journal, June 1998

Polarization and structural properties of high-energy electron irradiated poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer films
journal, January 2000

Ferroelectric and electromechanical properties of poly(vinylidene-fluoride–trifluoroethylene–chlorotrifluoroethylene) terpolymer
journal, April 2001

Giant magnetocaloric effect of MnAs1−xSbx
journal, November 2001

Recent developments in magnetocaloric materials
journal, May 2005

Giant Electrocaloric Effect in Thin-Film PbZr0.95Ti0.05O3
journal, March 2006

Large Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Polymers Near Room Temperature
journal, August 2008

Enhancement of dielectric energy density in the poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based terpolymer/copolymer blends
journal, October 2008

Interfaces in poly(vinylidene fluoride) terpolymer/ZrO2 nanocomposites and their effect on dielectric properties
journal, January 2009