The Elastocaloric Effect: A Way to Cool Efficiently

Jaka Tušek, Kurt Engelbrecht, Rubén Millán-Solsona, Lluis Mañosa, Eduard Vives, Lars P. Mikkelsen, Nini Pryds

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Abstract

The elastocaloric alloys Ni-Ti and Cu-Zn-Al in a regenerative refrigeration device can produce outstanding results with up to 20-times larger specific cooling powers compared to gadolinium, a benchmark magnetocaloric material, with comparable coefficient-of-performance (COP) values (≈5). These results can open up a new way of making cooling devices with more compact systems and provide the possibility to avoid expensive rare-earth materials.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAdvanced Energy Materials
Volume5
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cooling devices
  • elastocaloric effect
  • magnetocaloric effect
  • shape memory effects
  • superelasticity

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