Energy applications of magnetocaloric materials

A Kitanovski - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The need for energy‐efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration, heat pum**, air
conditioning, and thermal energy harvesting systems is currently more urgent than ever …

Self-sustaining personal all-day thermoregulatory clothing using only sunlight

Z Wang, Y Bo, P Bai, S Zhang, G Li, X Wan, Y Liu, R Ma… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
The human body must stay within a certain temperature range for comfort and safety.
However, challenges for thermoregulatory clothing exist for harsh application scenarios …

Caloric effects in perovskite oxides

A Barman, S Kar‐Narayan… - Advanced Materials …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite oxides show an amazing diversity of electronic and magnetic properties along
with a myriad of structural variants and phase transitions. Large thermal changes may be …

Heat transfer performance and transport properties of ZnO–ethylene glycol and ZnO–ethylene glycol–water nanofluid coolants

KS Suganthi, VL Vinodhan, KS Rajan - Applied energy, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Experiments were carried out on preparation and characterization of ZnO–ethylene glycol
(EG) and ZnO–ethylene glycol–water nanofluids and analysis of their performance as …

Caloric devices: A review on numerical modeling and optimization strategies

DJ Silva, J Ventura, JP Araujo - International Journal of Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of giant caloric effects and further investigation on device systems that can
compete with current heat management technologies in terms of efficiency have led to a …

Thermal smart materials with tunable thermal conductivity: Mechanisms, materials, and applications

ZT Zhang, BY Cao - Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 2022‏ - Springer
The demand for active and effective management of heat transfer is increasing in various
modern application scenarios. The thermal conductivity of materials plays a key role in …

Energy-efficient miniature-scale heat pum** based on shape memory alloys

H Ossmer, F Wendler, M Gueltig… - Smart Materials and …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Cooling and thermal management comprise a major part of global energy consumption. The
by far most widespread cooling technology today is vapor compression, reaching rather high …

Solutions to obstacles in the commercialization of room-temperature magnetic refrigeration

Y Zhang, J Wu, J He, K Wang, G Yu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Most existing room temperature magnetic refrigeration (MR) prototypes are based on the
concept of an active magnetic regenerator (AMR). However, for these MR prototypes, three …

Thermal control elements for caloric energy conversion

K Klinar, A Kitanovski - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Caloric energy conversion is an emerging field of cooling, heat-pum** and power-
generation technologies. The potentially high energy efficiency and use of environmentally …

Pseudo-first-order phase transition for ultrahigh positive/negative electrocaloric effects in perovskite ferroelectrics

HH Wu, J Zhu, TY Zhang - Nano Energy, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The electrocaloric effect of ferroelectric materials, which occurs significantly near the first-
order paraelectric/ferroelectric transition (FOPFT) Curie temperature, has tremendous …