Abstract: A regenerative electrocaloric (EC) device is provided. The regenerative EC device uses a special configuration to expand the temperature span Th-Tc, thereby increasing the cooling power and improving the efficiency thereof. The EC regenerative cooling device includes two electrocaloric effect (ECE) elements/rings in direct thermal contact with each other. The two rings rotate in opposite directions and are divided into multiple sections with an electric field or electric fields applied to every other region/section and an electric field or electric fields removed from remaining sections.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 29, 2013
Publication date:
February 5, 2015
Applicants:
NASCENT DEVICES LLC, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION