Elastocaloric cooling of shape memory alloys: A review

J Chen, L Lei, G Fang - Materials Today Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric cooling technology based on shape memory alloys (SMAs) exploits the caloric
effect generated by stress-induced phase transformation of elastocaloric materials to realize …

High-performance multimode elastocaloric cooling system

S Qian, D Catalini, J Muehlbauer, B Liu, H Mevada… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Developing zero–global warming potential refrigerants has emerged as one area that helps
address global climate change concerns. Various high-efficiency caloric cooling techniques …

High-performance cooling and heat pumping based on fatigue-resistant elastocaloric effect in compression

Ž Ahčin, S Dall'Olio, A Žerovnik, UŽ Baškovič… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
In recent years, elastocaloric cooling has shown great potential as an alternative to vapor-
compression refrigeration. However, there is still no existing elastocaloric device that offers …

Solid-state refrigeration of shape memory alloy-based elastocaloric materials: A review focusing on preparation methods, properties and development

S Wang, Y Shi, Y Li, H Lin, K Fan, X Teng - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable development represents a vital global strategic goal. In the field of microcooling,
green and environmentally friendly solid-state refrigeration technologies show great …

Long life elastocaloric regenerator operating under compression

L Ianniciello, K Bartholomé, A Fitger… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric cooling represents a potentially higher efficiency cooling technique that is also
potentially more environmentally friendly than conventional technologies. Elastocaloric …

Improved elastocaloric cooling performance in gradient-structured NiTi alloy processed by localized laser surface annealing

J Chen, L Xing, G Fang, L Lei, W Liu - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The coefficient of performance of material (COP mat, the ratio of caloric effect to energy
dissipation), a key figure-of-merit for solid-state refrigerants, is significantly degenerated by …

Torsional refrigeration by twisted, coiled, and supercoiled fibers

R Wang, S Fang, Y Xiao, E Gao, N Jiang, Y Li, L Mou… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Higher-efficiency, lower-cost refrigeration is needed for both large-and small-scale cooling.
Refrigerators using entropy changes during cycles of stretching or hydrostatic compression …

Achieving great comprehensive elastocaloric cooling performances of superelastic NiTi by grain size engineering

J Chen, L Lei, G Fang, D Wang - Materials Today Nano, 2023 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric materials, as cutting-edge alternatives to hazardous refrigerants utilized in
vapor-compression systems, are promising for eco-friendly solid-state cooling, but their …

[HTML][HTML] Thin-walled Ni-Ti tubes under compression: ideal candidates for efficient and fatigue-resistant elastocaloric cooling

L Porenta, P Kabirifar, A Žerovnik, M Čebron… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric cooling is emerging as one of the most promising alternatives to vapor-
compression cooling technology. It is based on the elastocaloric effect (eCE) of shape …

Elastocaloric cooling of additive manufactured shape memory alloys with large latent heat

H Hou, E Simsek, D Stasak, N Al Hasan… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The stress-induced martensitic phase transformation of shape memory alloys (SMAs) is the
basis for elastocaloric cooling. Here we employ additive manufacturing to fabricate TiNi …