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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bernd W. Gotsmann, Horgen, CH;
Fabian Menges, Urdorf, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A heat pump system includes a structure, in turn including a solid-state phase change material. The solid-state phase change material has a first phase state and a second phase state dependent on the temperature. A heat source is configured to supply heat to a first area of the structure, thereby creating a first domain having the first phase state and thereby storing latent heat in the first domain. The first domain is separated by domain walls from second domains having the second phase state. A heat sink is configured to receive heat from a second area of the structure. Furthermore, an electrical energy supply is configured to supply an electrical current to the structure, thereby moving the first domain and the corresponding latent heat stored in the first domain along the structure from the first area to the second area. A related thermal computing device, a related method, and a related computer program product are also disclosed.