Hybrid thermal apparatus
AssigneeUniverza v Ljubljani
InventorsAndrej Zerovnik, Jaka Tusek
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a hybrid thermal apparatus comprising at least one heat exchanger and at least one heat source and/or heat sink. The thermal apparatus according to the invention is formed as a combination of a first thermal apparatus (1, 15) based on a vapour-compression principle and comprising a first medium for heat transfer, and of a second thermal apparatus (2, 16) based on an elastocaloric principle and comprising a second medium for heat transfer. Said thermal apparatuses (1, 15; 2, 16) have at least one deformable heat exchanger (3, 21) of elastocaloric material in common.
Claims7
A hybrid thermal apparatus comprising at least one heat exchanger and at least one heat source and/or heat sink, wherein said hybrid thermal apparatus is formed as a combination of a first thermal apparatus based on a vapour-compression principle and comprising a first medium for heat transfer, and of a second thermal apparatus based on an elastocaloric principle and comprising a second medium for heat transfer, wherein said first and second thermal apparatuses have at least one third thermal apparatus in common comprising at least a deformable heat exchanger made of elastocaloric material.
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