Simple and Low-Cost Footstep Energy-Recover Barocaloric Heating and Cooling Device

García Ben, Javier; Delgado Ferreiro, Ignacio; Salgado-Beceiro, Jorge; Bermúdez-García, Juan Manuel

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Simple and Low-Cost Footstep Energy-Recover Barocaloric Heating and Cooling Device

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/29411

DOI: 10.3390/ma14205947

Publication date

2021-10-10

Authors

García Ben, Javier

Delgado Ferreiro, Ignacio

Salgado-Beceiro, Jorge

Bermúdez-García, Juan Manuel

Bibliographic citation

Garcia-Ben, J.; Delgado-Ferreiro, I.; Salgado-Beceiro, J.; Bermudez-Garcia, J.M. Simple and Low-Cost Footstep Energy-Recover Barocaloric Heating and Cooling Device. Materials 2021, 14, 5947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14205947

Abstract

[Abstract] In this work, we design, build, and test one of the very first barocaloric devices. The here presented device can recover the energy generated by an individual’s footstep and transform it into barocaloric heating and/or cooling. Accordingly, we present an innovative device that can provide eco-friendly and gas-free heating/cooling. Moreover, we test the device by measuring a new barocaloric organic polymer that exhibits a large adiabatic temperature change of ~2.9 K under the application of 380 bar. These results pave the way towards novel and more advanced barocaloric technologies and provide a simple and low-cost device to explore new barocaloric materials.