Heat pump and housing for a heat pump
AssigneeExergyn Ltd.
InventorsLaura Fox, Fintan McDonnell, Matthieu Morhan
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Abstract
The invention provides a heat pump system comprising a base support; a top support and one or more elongated support structures connected to the base support and the top support. A hydraulic system configured to provide a compression stress to at least one SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core during use. An inlet for receiving fluid and an outlet for exiting the fluid; and at least one valve configured to control the inlet and the outlet. The elongated support is configured to engage with the SMA core to prevent the SMA material buckling when a compression stress is applied.
Claims12
A heat pump system with a housing for supporting an SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core, the housing comprising:
- a base support;
- a top support;
- a first plurality of SMA or NTE or elastocaloric cores;
- each of the first plurality of SMA or NTE or elastocaloric cores comprises one or more elongated support structures connected to the base support and the top support, and each of the first plurality of SMA or NTE or elastocaloric cores comprises a hydraulic system configured to provide a compression stress to one respective SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core during use, wherein at least one of the elongated support structures is configured to engage with the at least one SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core to prevent core buckling when the compression stress is applied;
- an inlet for receiving fluid and an outlet for exiting the fluid;
- and
- at least one valve configured to control the inlet and the outlet.
A cooling system with a housing for supporting an SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core, the housing comprising:
- a base support;
- a top support;
- a first plurality of SMA or NTE or elastocaloric cores:
- each of the first plurality of SMA or NTE or elastocaloric cores comprises one or more elongated support structures connected to the base support and the top support, and each of the first plurality of SMA or NTE or elastocaloric cores comprises a hydraulic system configured to provide a compression stress to one respective SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core during use, wherein at least one of the elongated support structures is configured to engage with the at least one SMA or NTE or elastocaloric core to prevent core buckling when the compression stress is applied;
- an inlet for receiving fluid and an outlet for exiting the fluid;
- and
- at least one valve configured to control the inlet and the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.