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US2800772A
US2800772A US446288A US44628854A US2800772A US 2800772 A US2800772 A US 2800772A US 446288 A US446288 A US 446288A US 44628854 A US44628854 A US 44628854A US 2800772 A US2800772 A US 2800772A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
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  • a rSt electrica1 conductor and a Second electrical conductor of Supercon ductive T1aterial Said St conductor having a cTOSS-Sec tional area at least ten tillles as gfeat aS the croSS-Sec tional area of Said Second conductor, the ends of Said iil'st conductor being j0iled t0 the corresponding ends of Said Second conductor, Ineans forlTling heat insulating chanlbers Sufrounding each of the junctions between the first and second conductofs, Said device forIning a heat pulnp vvhen cutrent is passed through the conductors at Superconductive ten1peratures 2.
  • Said iirst and Sec Ond electrical conductors being hollow,
  • a St electrical Conductor and a Second electrical conductor of IIaterial capable of being Superconductive Said iirst conduct01 having a croSS-Sectiona1 area at least ten tin1es as great aS the croSS-Sectional area of Said second conductor, the ends of Said rSt conductor being j0ined to the corresponding ends of said Second conductor t( f0ITn junctions, and difect current generating n]eans connected internediate the endS Of one of Said conductors in series therewith Whereby vvhen current is passed through the c0nductoS an electron velocity change iS composedd at Said junctions causing an energy radiation at one of Said junctions and an energy absorption at the other junction 7.

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ELECTRONIC HEAT PUMP F11ed Ju1y 28, 1954 ArrbR-Ey insulafjon is obtainable in practice and that Sone heat vvill be conveyed along the electrical conductors then1- Selves Although I have Shovvn and described SpeCic enbodin]ents of ny invention, I anl aWare that other n10difica tions theref are possible My invention, therefore, is not t0 be restricted except insofar aS iS necessitated by the prior art and the Spirit of the invention I Clainl aS Iny invention;
1. In a device 0f the class described, a rSt electrica1 conductor and a Second electrical conductor of Supercon ductive T1aterial, Said St conductor having a cTOSS-Sec tional area at least ten tillles as gfeat aS the croSS-Sec tional area of Said Second conductor, the ends of Said iil'st conductor being j0iled t0 the corresponding ends of Said Second conductor, Ineans forlTling heat insulating chanlbers Sufrounding each of the junctions between the first and second conductofs, Said device forIning a heat pulnp vvhen cutrent is passed through the conductors at Superconductive ten1peratures 2. In a device according to clain1 1 Said iirst and Sec Ond electrical conductors being hollow,
3. In colnbination, a first elongated conductor of a first croSS-Sectional area, a Second elongated Cohductor of a Second cr()SS-Sectional area having the ends thereof joined to respective ends of Said TSt conductor, one junction being thermally insulated fron1 the other junction, Said first and Second conductors being c0mposed of members of the group compdsing vanadium, zinc and gallium and being superconductive bew a predeter- [ined tenperatufe and Said ISt Inaterial having a crosssectional circuxnference less tha1 0ne-tenth of the crosssectional circumfefence of said Second conductor, a chan1 ber provided in the region of one of the junctions for holding a liquied gas in the region of that junction, sajd gas having a vapolization temperature below the temperature at vvhich Said conductors beconle Superconduc tive, and direct current generating neaJ1S connected inter n1ediate the ends of one of said conductors in Selies there with.
4. In conbination, a pair of e1ectrical conductots of naterial capable of being Superconductive, at least one 0f Said conductors being il the form of a honow shell and having a ct0sssectional area at least ten tinles as great as the cr0SS-sectiona1 area of Said other conductor, the,
ends of said one conductor being j0ined t0 the ends of Said other conduct0r, and direct current generating n1eans connected intern1ediate the ends of one of Said conduct()TS in Series thereyvith TT1e conlbination accofding t0 clain1 4 and further including means forIing heat insulating chambers Sllr Tounding each of the junctions between the iil'St and Sec0nd conductors 6. In a device 0f the class descIibed, a St electrical Conductor and a Second electrical conductor of IIaterial capable of being Superconductive, Said iirst conduct01 having a croSS-Sectiona1 area at least ten tin1es as great aS the croSS-Sectional area of Said second conductor, the ends of Said rSt conductor being j0ined to the corresponding ends of said Second conductor t( f0ITn junctions, and difect current generating n]eans connected internediate the endS Of one of Said conductors in series therewith Whereby vvhen current is passed through the c0nductoS an electron velocity change iS efected at Said junctions causing an energy radiation at one of Said junctions and an energy absorption at the other junction 7. In combination: a rSt e10ngated conductor of a rSt cr0SS-Sectional circunference, a second elongated conductor of a second cr0SS-Secti()na circun1ference less than one-tenth of Said first croSS-Sectional circumference, Said firSt and said second conductors conlprising Inaterials which are Superconductive belovv a predeterrnined ten]- erature, Said Second conductor being electrically connected to Said first conductor on the inside thereof near the ends there0f, said second conduct0r extending back along the inside of Said iirst conductor, in an encircling Tlanner about Said Second conductor, fof a distance at least three tifnes the thickness of Said second conductor, a direct current generator connected in series vvith Said conductors and c00ling nleans in the region of one of the junctions between said conductors lefee1ceS (;ited il1 the e of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 413,136 Dewey 0ct. 1 1889 94l,826 Taylor II()v. 30, 1909 1,804,072 I`lrrettini May 1931 2 443 64l Ray Iune 22 1948
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US3181936A (en) * 1960-12-30 1965-05-04 Gen Electric Superconductors and method for the preparation thereof
US3212999A (en) * 1957-07-30 1965-10-19 Rca Corp Purification apparatus utilizing a thermoelectric heat pump
US3259887A (en) * 1956-10-15 1966-07-05 Ibm Superconductive persistent current apparatus
US3317286A (en) * 1961-11-02 1967-05-02 Gen Electric Composite superconductor body
US3664143A (en) * 1970-05-08 1972-05-23 Robert L Carroll Low temperature heat transfer device
US20210025625A1 (en) * 2018-01-30 2021-01-28 Gerald BÖHM Apparatus and method for establishing a temperature gradient

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US413136A (en) * 1889-10-15 dewey
US941826A (en) * 1909-01-18 1909-11-30 John D Taylor Thermo-electric generation.
US1804072A (en) * 1925-10-08 1931-05-05 Turrettini Horace Fran Adolphe Apparatus for electric cooling
US2443641A (en) * 1944-09-16 1948-06-22 Gen Controls Co Thermoelectric generator

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US413136A (en) * 1889-10-15 dewey
US941826A (en) * 1909-01-18 1909-11-30 John D Taylor Thermo-electric generation.
US1804072A (en) * 1925-10-08 1931-05-05 Turrettini Horace Fran Adolphe Apparatus for electric cooling
US2443641A (en) * 1944-09-16 1948-06-22 Gen Controls Co Thermoelectric generator

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3259887A (en) * 1956-10-15 1966-07-05 Ibm Superconductive persistent current apparatus
US3212999A (en) * 1957-07-30 1965-10-19 Rca Corp Purification apparatus utilizing a thermoelectric heat pump
US3181936A (en) * 1960-12-30 1965-05-04 Gen Electric Superconductors and method for the preparation thereof
US3317286A (en) * 1961-11-02 1967-05-02 Gen Electric Composite superconductor body
US3664143A (en) * 1970-05-08 1972-05-23 Robert L Carroll Low temperature heat transfer device
US20210025625A1 (en) * 2018-01-30 2021-01-28 Gerald BÖHM Apparatus and method for establishing a temperature gradient
US11703256B2 (en) * 2018-01-30 2023-07-18 Gerald BÖHM Apparatus and method for establishing a temperature gradient

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