Design and modeling of a fluid-based micro-scale electrocaloric refrigeration system

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 559-564

  Guo, Dongzhi ^a   Gao, Jinsheng ^a   Yu, Ying Ju ^a   Santhanam, Suresh ^a   Slippey, Andrew ^b   Fedder, Gary K ^a   McGaughey, Alan J H ^a   Yao, Shi Chune ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Advanced Cooling Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

COP; MEMS; Moving mesh; P(VDF TrFE CFE) terpolymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893933432     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.01.043     Document Type: Article

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