Compact Thermoelastic Cooling System Award Number: DE-EE0007043 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Building Technologies Office Date: 05/19/2015 Location(s): MD Office(s): Golden Field Office
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May 19, 2015
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Compact Thermoelastic Cooling System
Award Number: DE-EE0007043
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Building Technologies Office
Date: 05/19/2015
Location(s): MD
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Maryland Energy and Sensor Technologies, LLC. (MEST) to develop a compact, high–efficiency, thermoelastic cooling (TEC) system with low environmental impact and a small carbon footprint. TECs work by stretching and relaxing metal rods which creates and absorbs heat, respectively. Alternating between the two states performs the same task as a heat pump compressor. Currently, TEC requires a large mechanical loading system, which results in high materials cost. MEST would attempt to address this problem by reducing system size by a factor of 10.