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ArticlePolymers2024

Enhancement of the Elastocaloric Performance of Natural Rubber by Forced Air Convection.

Emma Valdés, Enric Stern-Taulats, Nicolas Candau, Lluís Mañosa, Eduard Vives

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Article in Polymers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Emma ValdésDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada (FMC), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9008-3510
Enric Stern-TaulatsDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada (FMC), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1562-8218
Nicolas CandauDepartament de Ciència i Enginyeria de Materials (CEM), Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona-Est (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC), Av. Eduard Maristany 16, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1559-8696
Lluís MañosaDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada (FMC), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Eduard VivesDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada (FMC), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5916-7214

Funding

European Union (NextGenerationEU/PRTR) PID2020-113549RB-I00/AEIEuropean Union (NextGenerationEU/PRTR) TED2021-129952B-C32/AEIGeneralitat de Catalunya (AGAUR) 2021LLAV00080.Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR) 2021SGR00328Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR) 2021SGR01042Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain) MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain) TED2021-129952A-C33
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Abstract

We study the enhancement of the elastocaloric effect in natural rubber by using forced air convection to favour heat extraction during the elongation stage of a stretching-unstretching cycle. Elastocaloric performance is quantified by means of the adiabatic undercooling that occurs after fast removal of the stress, measured by infrared thermography. To ensure accuracy, spatial averaging on thermal maps of the sample surface is performed since undercooled samples display heterogeneities caused by various factors. The influence of the stretching velocity and the air velocity is analysed. The findings indicate that there is an optimal air velocity that maximises adiabatic undercooling, with stretching velocities needing to be high enough to enhance cooling power. Our experiments allowed the characterisation of the dependence of the Newton heat transfer coefficient on the air convection velocity, which revealed an enhancement up to 600% for air velocities around 4 m/s.

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elastocaloric refrigerationforced convectionnatural rubberNewton heat transfer coefficient

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PMID39518285
PMCPMC11548639

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