Polymer-based electrocaloric cooling devices
US8869542B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B30/00
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
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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