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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Univerza V Ljubljani, Ljubljana, SI;
Inventors:
Andrej Zerovnik, Horjul, SI;
Jaka Tusek, Ljubljana, SI;
Assignee:
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, Ljubljana, SI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 23/00 (2006.01); F25B 25/00 (2006.01); F25B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 23/00 (2013.01); F25B 25/005 (2013.01); F25B 21/00 (2013.01); F25B 2321/001 (2013.01); F25B 2339/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention refers to a hybrid thermal apparatus comprising at least one heat exchanger and at least one heat source and/or heat sink. The thermal apparatus according to the invention is formed as a combination of a first thermal apparatus () based on a vapour-compression principle and comprising a first medium for heat transfer, and of a second thermal apparatus () based on an elastocaloric principle and comprising a second medium for heat transfer. Said thermal apparatuses () have at least one deformable heat exchanger () of elastocaloric material in common.