Thermoelastic cooling

Cui, Jun; Takeuchi, Ichiro; Wuttig, Manfred; Wu, Yiming; Radermacher, Reinhard; Hwang, Yunho; Muehlbauer, Jan

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Title: Thermoelastic cooling

Abstract

A cooling system based on thermoelastic effect is provided. The system comprises a heat sink, a refrigerated space and a regenerator coupled to the refrigerated space and to the heat sink to pump heat from the refrigerated space to the heat sink. The regenerator comprises solid thermoelastic refrigerant materials capable of absorbing or releasing heat.

Inventors:: Cui, Jun; Takeuchi, Ichiro; Wuttig, Manfred; Wu, Yiming; Radermacher, Reinhard; Hwang, Yunho; Muehlbauer, Jan

Issue Date:: 2018-11-06

Research Org.:: The Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1531369

Patent Number(s):: 10119059

Application Number:: 13/431,768

Assignee:: Cui, Jun (Ames, IA); The University of Maryland (College Park, MD)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS

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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
C09K5/14 - Solid materials, e.g. powdery or granular

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
F25B23/00 - Machines, plant, or systems, with a single mode of operation not covered by groups F25B1/00 - F25B21/00, e.g. using selective radiation effect

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DOE Contract Number:: AR0000131; DMR0520471; W911NF071041O

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012-03-27

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Cui, Jun, Takeuchi, Ichiro, Wuttig, Manfred, Wu, Yiming, Radermacher, Reinhard, Hwang, Yunho, and Muehlbauer, Jan. Thermoelastic cooling.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Cui, Jun, Takeuchi, Ichiro, Wuttig, Manfred, Wu, Yiming, Radermacher, Reinhard, Hwang, Yunho, & Muehlbauer, Jan. Thermoelastic cooling.  United States.

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                    Cui, Jun, Takeuchi, Ichiro, Wuttig, Manfred, Wu, Yiming, Radermacher, Reinhard, Hwang, Yunho, and Muehlbauer, Jan. Tue .  
        "Thermoelastic cooling".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531369.

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Tips and Tricks for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wire: part 1-Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Basic Phenomena journal, September 2008

Magnetocaloric heat-pump cycles based on the AF–F transition in Fe–Rh alloys journal, October 2002

Accelerating Cooling in active Material Actuators Using Heat Sinks patent-application, September 2010

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

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Engine for Converting Energy by Thermal Expansion of Solids patent, March 1969

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Stress Induced Phase Changing Material for Thermoacoustic Refrigeration journal, December 2008

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

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Shape memory device having two-way cyclical shape memory effect due to compositional gradient and method of manufacture
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Stress-induced phase transformation and detwinning in NiTi polycrystalline shape memory alloy tubes
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