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Thermoelastic cooling is a novel solid-state cooling technology. It is based on the latent heat associated with reversible martensitic phase transformations. The latent heat in martensites had been studied and utilized for several decades, but most of the applications had been for actuation or heat engine. Little attention had been paid to the potential of the thermoelastic effect for cooling and refrigeration applications. Our goal is to develop applications of the thermoelastic cooling technology for commercial use across various industries.
· Highly efficient: the refrigerant efficiency of thermoelastic cooling can be as high as 70% of the Carnot limit (for Th = 298 K and Tc = 288 K). See Physics Today 68, 48 (2025) (https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3022)
· Environmentally friendly: it completely eliminates the use of materials with ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP).
· Cost effective: it does not contain any expensive noble-metal or rare-earth elements, and its manufacturability is high.
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