WO2015156794A1 - Field-active direct contact regenerator - Google Patents
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- FIG. 1 Materials that exhibit adiabatic temperature change when subject to mechanical strain, magnetic fields, or electrical fields have been used to create heat pump cycles.
- a basic cycle is shown in FIG. 1.
- a materia! is at steady temperature and is subject to a steady field applied directly to the material.
- An increase in the applied field strength increases material temperature at state 2.
- Heat is rejected to a hot ambient bringing the material temperature down near the hoi ambient value in state 3. This is best accomplished through direct contact of the ambient air and the active material. Reduction of the field strength reduces material temperature at state 4.
- the cycle is then completed by absorbing heat from a cold ambient, again preferably through direct contact, causing the material temperature to rise back to the state 1 value.
- This cycle may approximate ideal Caraot, Brayton, or Ericsson cycles depending on the timing of field actuation in relation to heat rejection.
- the adiabatic temperature lift available with, known eiecirocaloric or magnetoealorie materials is typically lower than the lift required for most commercial heat pump applications such as environmental control.
- One well-known, means of increasing temperature hit (at the expense of capacity) is temperature regeneration. Regeneration is used to develop a temperature gradient and thus multiply temperature lift in a regenerator that incorporates field-active material.
- Regenerative heat exchangers are common in cycles that use fluid compression rather than field-active materials to provide heat pumping.
- thermoacoustic coolers that, apply a modified Stirling cycle are common, practice. These units include one or more acoustic drivers, a resonant volume, a regenerator element and heat exchangers on either side of the element.
- the root of this technology is excitation of pressure and velocity fluctuations thai compress and expand, as well as axial!y translate, the fluid within a regenerative heat exchanger. The fluid gives up heat to the regenerator matrix at one axial position when compressed and absorbs heat back at a different axsai location when it is expanded.
- the passive regenerator is known to benefit from several important performance characteristics, it must: 1) have adequate heat capacity in the solid media to store the energy to be regenerated; 2) allow passage of the working fluid without too much flow resistance: 3) enable heat transfer between the regenerator mass and working fluid; and 4) prevent heat conduction along the direction of the temperature gradient (and flow).
- Typical embodiments are cylindrical stacks creaied from layers of wire mesh or a duct filled with small metal spheres,
- An embodiment is directed to a heat pump element comprising; a thin-film polymer or ceramic material within a range of 0.1 microns - 100 microns thickness, and electrodes coupled to both sides of the thin-film material to form, an electroded active thin- film material wherein the thin- film material is separated by, and i intimate contact with, a heat transfer fluid in channels within a range of 10 microns - it) millimeters thickness, in which the fluid is capable of being translated back and forth through the element by an imposed pressure field.
- FIG. 1. is a diagram of a basic field-activated heat pump cycle in accordance with the prior art
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a single layer device for a field-active regenerator that enables intimate field application and direct contact heat exchange;
- FIGS. 3A-38 are diagrams of a multi-layer device for a field-active regenerator; [001 FIG. 4 illustrates variations on the embodiments of FIG. 2 and FIGS. 3A-3B;
- FIG. 5 illustrates a structure comprising a plating of a lattice structure of ceramic and electrode materia! on. a conventional substrate; and.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a combined cycle system, which simultaneously incorporates acti ve and passive regenerator functions
- the heat pump element may include a ten-film polymer or ceramic material.
- a pair of electrodes may be intimately coupled to the thin-film materials, for example, a first of the electrodes may be coupled to a first side of the thin-film material and a second of the electrodes may be coupled to a second side of the thin-film raa teiiai.
- the thin-film material may be separated by, and in intimate contact with, a heat transfer fluid in one or more channels.
- the heat transfer fluid may be the ambient air without intermediate heat exchangers.
- the fluid may be capable of being translated back and forth through the heat pump element by an imposed pressure field.
- Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a class of devices that exhibit characteristics required to best execute the function of an electric field-active regenerator using electrocaloric materials that change temperature when an electric field is applied.
- a basic film may have a thickness on the order of 0.1 - 100 microns, or any range in between ⁇ e.g., 0.3 - 3 microns).
- Suc a thickness may I) ensure an adequate mass of material in each film needed to create heat pumping capacity at reasonable device volumes, 2) maintain the applied voltage needed to create a field of 1 MV/cra at a manageable level, and 3) ensure rapid thermal transfer between film arid heat transfer fluid to allow high fluid translation frequency and tints increase capacity.
- a fundamental structure for a field-active regenerator is a single-layer device as shown in FIG. 2. Such a structure allows ambient air to serve as the heat transfer media in direct contact with the active films which obviates thermal losses associated with the intermediate heat exchangers common in. the state of the art.
- the basic, single- layer structure of FIG. 2 can be improved or enhanced in connection with a regenerator device.
- a given application associated with environmental cooling may require tens to hundreds of grams per kW so many such layers may be needed.
- some structure may be needed to support these very thin films. This structure may represent a parasi tic thermal loss to the active materia! in the regenerator so the mass of structure as well as its thermal contact with the active material may need to be limited.
- performance may be maximized using a multilayer active material.
- Modeling may indicate that best performance may be achieved by balancing several factors or constraints, such as one or more of: (1 ) the total mass of active material, (2) the ratio of stored energy of the film to the stored energy of the associated fluid, (3) the heat transfer coefficient from material to fluid, (4) the losses related to moving fluid through the How passages, (5) the parasitic stored heat of the electrodes, (6) the joule heating in the electrode, (7) the frequency at which the material is energized, and (8) the value or power associated with the voltage or field that is applied.
- a balancing of a combination involving some or all of the above-noted constraints may dictate a film thicker than, e.g., 3 microns.
- a multilayer construction can. be applied, stacking multiple layers of the basic structure of FIG. 2 between heat transfer passages as shown in FIGS. 3A-3B (collectively referred to herein as FIG, 3).
- single or multilayer films 308 are supported by inert substrates 316 that also serve to establish heat transfer fluid channels.
- the polarity (+/-) of the electrodes 324 shown may be arranged such that there is no electric potential across the fluid channels or substrates 316.
- contact pads or vias 326 that may he used to establish access to the electrodes 324.
- the substrate 316 design may provide adequate support bn also i rai3 ⁇ 4e transient heat transfer between the film 308 and the substrate 316, This may be accomplished by mimmmng not just the volume or heat capacity of the substrate 316 but also minimizing the equivalent Biot number.
- a substrate 316 may be a thin frame around the edges of the films 308. Additional thin braces cart be added across the frame if more support of the film 308 is required, resulting in a "rail film” type of substrate.
- the films 308 and substrates 316 may be supported or separated from one another using one or more molded or etched substrate posts 332 or similar mechanisms.
- parasitic losses may be minimized by using a field-active -material for the substrate 316 such that this active substrate is energized along with the active films 3 8.
- the electrodes 324 would be arranged to apply the full electric potential to the substrate as well as to the active films.
- the design of FIG. 3 may satisfy active regenerator requirements and passive regenerator requirements described above, with the possible exception of preventing heat conduction along a direction of a temperature gradient, in general, the materials used may have low conductivity compared to the standard regenerator materials but still the regenerator could be built of many axial segments of the basic modul described above in connection with FIGS. 2-3 with a narro air gap in between, all encased in a shell to duct heat transfer fluid.
- This type of design also enables the sequential activation of the electrodes associated with electrocaloric material in each module. This allows flexibility in synchronization of the field and the .fluid flow as needed to optimize module performance at different conditions.
- the best formulation of electrocaloric materia! may be temperature dependent such that different formulations are desired along the temperature gradient. Different modules can each be made using material with an optima! Curie temperature, or material having a continuous gradient of Tc W j e may be applied in the modules.
- FIG. 4 illustrates two such variations or embodiments to meet the requirements in two different material classes.
- a thin polymer film or multilayer 416 is created as described above.
- Grooves or bumps 424 may be created on the surface by rolling, etching, or similar processes. These features may be from 10% of the film thickness to as much as several times the thickness m the ease of raised bumps 424.
- the Mm 416 may be metali/ed by evaporation or similar processes.
- the film 4.16 may then, be rolled perpendicularly to the feature direction to create a circular cylinder with, passages along the axis created by the groo v es or bumps 424. Wires may be attached to electrodes at the end of the material wrap to allow the material to be energized or patterned eiectodes may be deposited to match the half-circumference of each layer 41 and then connected in parallel on each edge of the wrap.
- thin ceramic films are layered on a substrate 412,
- the layers include dividing electrodes 420, resulting in a structure of: substrate 412, electrode 420, electrocaloric effec (ECE) ceramic 428, electrode 420, ECE ceramic 428, etc.
- ECE electrocaloric effec
- These layers may be formed by physical vapor deposition (FV ), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma spray, or similar known processes.
- the alternating electrode layers 420 may he displaced to one side to allow, e.g., ail odd. numbered electrode layers 420 to be easily connected in parallel to one voltage while the even number electrode layers 420 are connected to another voltage source.
- gas passages 452 may he created.
- FIG. 4 shows the example of using microJithography or similar techniques to leave or etch holes 436 in each layer.
- Many layers may be built up to create one or more regenerator elements 460, the substrate may be etched off, and many axial gas passages 452 may be left through the material perpendicular to the electrode/material layers.
- grooves may be etched into the surface of each layer such that a gap remains parallel to the layer as the next layer is deposited, in this case, the gas passages may be parallel to the electrode/material layers.
- regenerator elements 460 in FIG. 4 are shown as being included, in a cylindrical shaped structure. In some embodiments, other shapes may be used (e.g., hexagonal, elliptical, etc.).
- regenerator structures 460 may need to prevent heat conduction along the direction of the temperature gradient, and the best formulation of ECE material may be temperature dependent soch that different formiilations are desired along the temperature gradient.
- the structures described above might not directly support such retirements.
- a modular regenerator structure may be provided, where each element as described, above is created with the best formulation and then the layers are stacked with axial gas gaps on the order of 0.1 to 5 millimeters. Each layer may have a contiguous formulation appropriate to the local temperature, and the gaps may prevent axial conduction.
- FIG. 5 would involve a plating of a lattice structure of ECE ceramic 504 and.
- electrode 512 materials on a conventional substrate 520 ' and exposing the open surface to a heat transfer medium.
- a conventional structure such as the honeycomb structure applied to automotive exhaust catalysts may serve as the substrate 520,
- the substrate 520 may then be coated by consecutive layers of electrode 512 and ECE materials 504 in the desired thickness using wet or vacuum tech.niqi.tes.
- the electrodes 5 ! 2 may have an alternating structure such that alternate electrodes could be accessed electrically from each end of the structure.
- this system may be embodied by a system 600 that includes a regenerative heat exchanger made of field active material 606 and may include linear actuators or acoustic drivers 614 synchronized to produce fluid compression as well as fluid translation in the active regenerative heat exchanger.
- This concept will not support the use of ambient air as a direct contact heat transfer media and so will require intermediate heat exchangers.
- an initial construction may be provided using an active electrocaloric material regenerator including many thin films of electrocaloric polymer or ceramic with electrodes and interspersed heat transfer fluid channels,, hot and cold heat exchangers, and simple linear actuator-drive trans.laiion.al flow of working fluid thai may ' be gas or liquid, pressurized or not.
- a field ⁇ e.g., an electric field, a radiation/light field, a magnetic field, strain, etc
- the fluid may serve as the regenerator medium, warming up through heat exchange with the now warm solid material, if the actuators 614 now simultaneously move from fight io left, hot fluid in the regenerator core 606 may move into the hot heat exchanger, rejecting heat while cooler .fluid .from die cold, heat exchanger may move into the regenerator 606 and locally cool (regenerate) the regenerator material Releasing the field to cool the material and moving the fluid from left to right may complete the cycle.
- a field e.g., an electric field, a radiation/light field, a magnetic field, strain, etc
- the field may be energised and. the material 606 may warm up. Again, heat may transfer into the fluid for regeneration.
- the actuators 614 may be operated such ilrat the fluid is first pressurized and then translated, or even pressurized and depressurized several times during a single translation. The compression may heat the fluid further, and heat may now transfer into the solid regenerator materia! 606 for regeneration of the fluid. Now the translation can be completed as before and the cold side of the cycle executed.
- the temperature lift and capacity of both field-actuated and compression processes may be superimposed in the same basic volume, resulting in less regenerative passes to increase lift and higher power density. This process may require even more precise temporal control of the fields and actuators 614 to control the superposition of pressure, velocity, and field gradients in time and space to achieve the highest overall system efficiency given specific temperature lift and capacity requirements.
- regenerator in the case of the combined cycle described above, it might not be necessary that the entire regenerator be made of active material . It may be advantageous to disperse active material among other inactive traditional regenerator materials to properly balance the heat moved by the thermoacousttc compression process and the eiectrocalonc process. This may be done only if the inactive material is not in direct thermal contact with the active material
- a structure may have field- active elements such as electrocaloric polymer films and inactive elements such as wire screen stacks alternately stacked along the flow direction with fluid gaps separating each material.
- An embodiment is directed to a fluid-filled system containing a porous thin-ftim element made of field-sensitive material, heat transfer fluid channels, two or more heat exchangers, one or more actuators, one or more pressure, temperature, or velocity sensors, and one or more devices configured to control the actuators and apply a field to the regenerators in a particular sequence thai may be predetermined or developed in response to, or based on, the sensor signals.
- the actuators may be made of piezoelectric materials to create a completely solid state machine.
- HVAC ventilation, and air-conditioning
- Embodiments of the disclosure may use an eiectrocaloric material in a regenerati ve heat exchanger in intimate contact with a flowing heat transfer fluid.
- the flowin heat transfer fluid may be ambient air in direct thermal contact with the eiectrocaloric heat-pumping element.
- models may be used to identify the best range of film thickness for performance in HVAC conditions
- a specific phase relationship between fluid motion and material activation may be defined that is actively controlled as capacity and lift change.
- actuation of heat transfer fluid motion to create compressior ⁇ ' translatioa/expansion in a defined and controlled phase relationship with acti vation of eiectrocaloric material to multiply overall temperature lift may be provided.
- An embodiment may be directed to a thin-film, eiectrocaloric heat pump element comprising a thin-film polymer or ceramic material such as poJyvinyhdene fluoride (PVDF), liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) or barium strontium titanate (BST) of 0. 1 microns -- 100 microns thickness (or any range in between), with reduced defects for high, electric field capability and electrodes on both sides, separated by and in intimate contact with heat transfer fluid in channels 10 microns - 1.0 millimeters in thickness (or any range in between), in which the fluid can be translated back and forth through the element by an. imposed pressure field.
- PVDF poJyvinyhdene fluoride
- LCPs liquid crystal polymers
- BST barium strontium titanate
- An embodiment may be directed to an elemen similar to that described above in which the thin films are replaced by multilayer .materials consisting of elecirode-film- electrode-film... electrode.
- the number of layers may be from 2-20 permitting more ECE mass per unit volume without increasing applied voltage above 300V.
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in which a substrate supports the films to prevent fatigue. This substrate ma be optimized to provide minimal, necessary suppor with the lowest possible Biot number.
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in which the substrate includes extensions to separate the .films creating channels for heal transfer fluid flow, allowing a stack of su stmte-fihn-substrale-film.- . . . substrate. Films may be arranged such that the electrodes facing the substrate-separator would ' be energized with the same polarity preventing arcing across the substrate or fluid,
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in which the beat transfer fluid is translated back and forth while the active .material is energized and de-energized to create a temperature gradient in the fluid and increase temperature lift,
- An embodiment may e directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in which the activation of the material is synchronized to the oscillation of the fluid flow with a phase relationship that is a function of the relative capacity and temperature lift required of the device to provide the highest ratio of heat pump capacity / input power.
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in winch the materiai-elecirode-fluid-substrate layer ' s are segmented in the fluid flow direction and separated by gaps filled with fluid, reducing heat conduction in the flow direction.
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in which the Curie temperature of tire material is graded continuously or segment-to-segment such that the material Curie temperature in each segment is closer to the expected operating temperature of the segment at the element design condition.
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, i which the active material film contains machined lengthwise grooves or cross-drilled boles to create channels for heal transfer fluid allowing for intimate contact of the fluid and the materia!.
- An embodiment may be directed to an elemen similar to one or more elements described above, created by solution or vacuum deposition of eiectrocaloric ceramic or polymer and electrodes on a substrate that already contains heat transfer fluid channels such as a ceramic honeycomb structure.
- An embodiment may be directed to an element similar to one or more elements described above, in which the heat transfer fluid Is at least partially gas or vapor and in. which the actuation of fluid movement creates a sequence of: compression, translation, expansion, and translation synchronized in a controlled phase relationship with the energizing and de- energizing the ECE material, creating a combined cycle that adds the temperature lift of both
- An embodiment may be directed to a element simitar to one or more elements described above, operating in swell a combined cycle in which non-active material is added to the eiectfocaioric thin-film material or substrate for the purpose of achieving the best balance between EC effect and compression effects.
- An embodiment may be directed to a heat pomp element, wherein a heat transferizid is ambient air in direct thermal contact with eieetroded active thin-film material.
- the etectroded active thin-film material may be formed by electrodes coupled to both sides of a thin-film material.
- the ambient air is dehumidified using overcooling or desiccant techniques to prevent condensation on the active film.
- various functions or acts may take place at a given location and/or in connection with the operation of one or more apparatuses, systems, or devices. For example, in some embodiments, a portion of a given function or act may be performed at a first device or location, and the remainder of the function or act may be performed at one or more additional devices or locations.
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