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Oscillating gadolinium thermal switch.
A compact thermal heat switch for cryogenic space applications operating near 100 K.
(Micro) Fluidic thermal switches: a review of the principles for caloric technologies.
Modelling cascaded caloric refrigeration systems that are based on thermal diodes or switches.
Influence of the indium thermal interface on the heat transfer in mechanical thermal switch at cryogenics temperature and external magnetic field.
Recommended by the IIR / IIR document
Fluidic EWOD thermal switch for magnetocaloric device.
Narrow gas gap in cryogenic heat switch.
Additive manufacturing of a compact flat-panel cryogenic gas-gap heat switch.
A new concept refrigeration model based on thermal switch and numerical calculation.
Development of a switchless sorption compressor for the cryogenic refrigeration within the METIS instrument: Part II. Experimental demonstration.
Evaluation of the performance of a thermal switch capacitor in a magnetocaloric device.
Magnetic refrigeration enhanced by magnetically-activated thermal switch: An experimental proof-of-concept.
Development of a switchless sorption compressor for the cryogenic refrigeration within the METIS instrument: Part I. Theoretical design.
Accelerated thermal cycling test for heat exchangers used in reversible heat pump.
High-frequency magnetocaloric modules with heat gates operating with the Peltier effect.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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Radiative cooling: smart materials to switch from heating to cooling
Researchers have developed a radiative thermal management device, composed of several layers of reflective/absorbent materials, capable of switching between heating and cooling...
US: innovative technologies to reduce air conditioning costs
Two articles present innovative windows to reduce air conditioning costs.
IIR GL2020 conference: Range of CO2 applications
Almost half of the presentations at the IIR Gustav Lorentzen conference in Kyoto focused on CO2, in commercial refrigeration systems but also in many other applications. Overview of these...
Modern cryosurgical techniques and devices
Since the 80’s, device miniaturization makes it possible to introduce endoscopic cryoprobes through natural channels (bronchia, urethra…) without requiring traditional surgery.
Initiatives to promote refrigeration technologies in the developing world
Focus on some initiatives to facilitate access to eco-friendly refrigeration technologies in hot countries.
A magnetocaloric air-conditioning system for an electric vehicle
Summary of a paper presented during the 7th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Thermag VII), available in Fridoc.
An innovation in thermoregulating clothing
Thermoregulating garments powered by solar energy and bidirectional electrocaloric devices are under development. They are said to be effective for outdoor temperatures of 12.5 to...
Caloric cooling: state of the art and perspectives
A recent IJR article reviews the most significant results obtained over the past ten years in the field of magnetocaloric cooling and more recently in the field of electrocaloric, elastocaloric and barocaloric cooling. It also presents the...
The environmental benefits of evaporative cooling
An Eurovent study shows that evaporative cooling could help save up to 56,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year in the future in the European Union. Evaporative cooling is present in half of the projects presented by the eight Global Cooling Prize...
Encyclopedia of Refrigeration
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Additive manufacturing of regenerators for caloric cooling
In many areas of engineering, additive manufacturing allows the production of complex and multifunctional products that could not be manufactured using traditional methods. In the...
Ice cream manufacturing, environmental impact and market data
From a physico-chemical point of view, ice cream is a complex, frozen multiphase mixture. The manufacturing process includes several stages of freezing which are described in this...
