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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Department of the Army, U.s. Army Ccdc Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD (US);
Darin J. Sharar, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Brendan M. Hanrahan, Silver Spring, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of cooling includes providing an elastocaloric material; continuously applying a force on the elastocaloric material to cause a continuous mechanical deformation of the elastocaloric material for a predetermined period of time, such that the continuous mechanical deformation creates a solid-to-solid phase transformation in the elastocaloric material; emitting exothermic latent heat from the elastocaloric material to increase a temperature of the elastocaloric material; removing the force from the elastocaloric material upon expiration of the predetermined period of time; and absorbing endothermic latent heat into the elastocaloric material to decrease the temperature of the elastocaloric material and/or an environment adjacent to the elastocaloric material or an electronic/phononic device, etc.