Development of a sustainable solid-state barocaloric cooler

开发可持续固态气压冷却器

• 批准号: EP/P031412/1
• 负责人: Xavier Moya
• 金额: $ 12.22万
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FP031412%2F1
• 关键词: Development; sustainable; solid; state; barocaloric

Cooling is essential for food and drinks, medicine, electronics and thermal comfort. Thermal changes due to pressure-driven phase transitions in fluids have long been used in vapour-compression systems to achieve continuous refrigeration and air conditioning, but their energy efficiency is relatively low, and the working fluids that are employed harm the environment when released to the atmosphere. We aim at developing the first energy-efficient barocaloric cooling prototype, based on novel barocaloric materials that are made of cheap abundant elements. Switching to such affordable efficient cooling technology would reduce the power consumption that is required worldwide for refrigeration and air conditioning, which is increasing particularly rapidly in low-income and lower-middle-income developing countries, and would obviate the need for harmful gases. Novel barocaloric refrigerators and air conditioners that are affordable and sustainable could therefore ease the looming energy crisis and protect the environment.

冷却对于食物和饮料，药品，电子产品和热舒适性至关重要。由于压力驱动的流体过渡引起的热变化长期以来一直在蒸气压缩系统中使用，以实现连续的制冷和空调，但它们的能源效率相对较低，并且在释放到大气时使用的工作流体会损害环境。我们旨在开发首个节能的低空自产原型，该原型基于由廉价丰富元素制成的新型毛压材料。切换到这种负担得起的有效冷却技术将减少全球制冷和空调所需的功耗，在低收入和中低收入的发展中国家中，这种消耗量的增长尤其迅速，并且会消除对有害气体的需求。因此，负担得起且可持续性的新型斜式冰箱和空调可以缓解迫在眉睫的能源危机并保护环境。

项目成果

Multicaloric materials and effects

• DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2018.72
• 发表时间: 2018-04
• 期刊: MRS Bulletin
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: E. Stern-Taulats;T. Castán;L. Mañosa;A. Planes;N. Mathur;X. Moya