Elastocaloric cooling: Refrigerator cools by flexing artificial muscles
Published Date: 4/3/2024
Source: sciencedaily.com
There is room for just one small bottle in the world's first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. But the mini-prototype is groundbreaking: it shows that elastocalorics is becoming a viable solution for practical applications. This climate-friendly cooling and heating technology is far more energy-efficient and sustainable than current methods.