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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Shannon Yee, Atlanta, GA (US);

Aravindh Rajan, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 21/00 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F25B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 21/00 (2013.01); F24F 5/0042 (2013.01); F25B 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for electrochemical cooling and/or refrigeration. The disclosed system includes at least hot and cold electrochemical cells having ion exchange membranes, hot side and cold side heat exchangers, a heat sink, a heat source, and an external power supply that drives current through the electrochemical cells. In the systems, a first solution including a first redox active electrolyte and a second solution including a second redox active electrolyte circulate continuously through the system without physically mixing together. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to apparatuses incorporating the disclosed systems, and methods for electrochemical cooling using the disclosed systems.


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