Towards practical elastocaloric cooling
Abstract Elastocaloric (eC) cooling is a promising environmental-friendly emerging cooling technology that has the potential for applications at different scales. Although the performance of eC cooling is already sufficient for some applications, a balance is needed for reliability, cost, and ease o...
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| author | Yao Wang Ye Liu Shijie Xu Guoqu Zhou Jianlin Yu Suxin Qian |
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| description | Abstract Elastocaloric (eC) cooling is a promising environmental-friendly emerging cooling technology that has the potential for applications at different scales. Although the performance of eC cooling is already sufficient for some applications, a balance is needed for reliability, cost, and ease of maintenance to achieve commercialization in the near future. In this Perspective, we describe challenges and necessary steps towards practical eC cooling, including material properties and manufacturing techniques, actuators that drive eC materials, essentials for good heat transfer, and different work recovery schemes, before introducing our envisioned application scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-189829ba3c8c487e8630399ae461227f2023-11-12T12:19:20ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Engineering2731-33952023-11-01211910.1038/s44172-023-00129-5Towards practical elastocaloric coolingYao Wang0Ye Liu1Shijie Xu2Guoqu Zhou3Jianlin Yu4Suxin Qian5Department of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityAbstract Elastocaloric (eC) cooling is a promising environmental-friendly emerging cooling technology that has the potential for applications at different scales. Although the performance of eC cooling is already sufficient for some applications, a balance is needed for reliability, cost, and ease of maintenance to achieve commercialization in the near future. In this Perspective, we describe challenges and necessary steps towards practical eC cooling, including material properties and manufacturing techniques, actuators that drive eC materials, essentials for good heat transfer, and different work recovery schemes, before introducing our envisioned application scenarios.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-023-00129-5 |
| spellingShingle | Yao Wang Ye Liu Shijie Xu Guoqu Zhou Jianlin Yu Suxin Qian Towards practical elastocaloric cooling Communications Engineering |
| title | Towards practical elastocaloric cooling |
| title_full | Towards practical elastocaloric cooling |
| title_fullStr | Towards practical elastocaloric cooling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards practical elastocaloric cooling |
| title_short | Towards practical elastocaloric cooling |
| title_sort | towards practical elastocaloric cooling |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-023-00129-5 |
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