A solid-state heat pump using electrocaloric ceramic elements
by Hilt, Matthew G., Ph.D., THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2009, 139 pages; 3459619

Abstract:

The thermoacoustic cycle is a robust thermodynamic cycle that can be generalized to describe and develop an all-solid-state heat pump using generic caloric elements. Ferroelectric barium strontium titanate (BST) and relaxor lead magnesium niobate - lead titanate (PMN-PT) are two candidate materials for the caloric elements using the electrocaloric effect. I developed a procedure to repeatably produce high quality BST and PMN-PT ceramics so that the electrocaloric and dielectric properties could be accurately measured. The measured electrocaloric properties serve as the baseline numbers for calculating the performance of a proposed all-solid-state cooler based on thermoacoustic principles.

 
AdviserJ. D. Maynard
SchoolTHE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/B 72-09, p. , Jul 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsCondensed matter physics; Materials Science; Acoustics
Publication Number3459619
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