Elastocaloric effect with a broad temperature window and low energy loss in a nanograin Ti-44Ni-5Cu-1Al (at%) shape memory alloy
Superelastic Ti-Ni-based shape memory alloys are promising elastocaloric materials for solid-state refrigeration. In this paper, we studied the mechanical properties and elastocaloric effect of a severely cold rolled Ti-44Ni-5Cu-1Al (at.%) alloy composed of nanograins (∼5-16 nm). The alloy exhibits...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/173715 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/173715 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Aliatges Anàlisi tèrmica Materials Alloys Thermal analysis |
| Summary: | Superelastic Ti-Ni-based shape memory alloys are promising elastocaloric materials for solid-state refrigeration. In this paper, we studied the mechanical properties and elastocaloric effect of a severely cold rolled Ti-44Ni-5Cu-1Al (at.%) alloy composed of nanograins (∼5-16 nm). The alloy exhibits partial stress-induced martensitic transformation with a large quasilinear reversible strain of ∼3.4 % and a small energy dissipation of ∼1.6 MJ/m3 when a maximum stress of 1 GPa is applied. The temperature decrease induced by adiabatic removal of a stress of 1 GPa is of about −5 K, which is mainly due to the reverse transition occurring during unloading. The effective working temperature window of elastocaloric effect larger than 200 K. The coefficient of performance of this alloy reaches ∼13, which is higher than values reported so far for Ti-Ni alloys. |
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