20.500.12556/RUL-124218 Thermal control elements for caloric energy conversion Caloric energy conversion is an emerging field of cooling, heat-pumping and power-generation technologies. The potentially high energy efficiency and use of environmentally friendly and safe solid-state working substances in the form of refrigerants has stimulated increased research activity in the past two decades. Most of today's caloric devices apply so-called active regeneration, which involves the oscillation of the working fluid through the matrix of the caloric material % the caloric regenerator. However, the unavoidable, irreversible viscous and heat-transfer losses apply limits to the caloric device's performance as well as its size. The quest for better caloric-device performance has led to the development of thermal control elements, which control the heat flux on different size and time scales. In this paper we describe the working principles of these elements: thermal switches, thermal diodes and thermal regulators. This is followed by the first up-to-date critical review of the research activities and applications of thermal control elements in all types of caloric devices. We show that thermal control elements have the potential to improve the power density of caloric devices. Finally, we propose target features for these elements with respect to future research activities in the field of caloric technologies. heat transfer thermal switch thermal diode thermal rectification energy conversion magnetocaloric electrocaloric elastocaloric prenos toplote toplotno stikalo toplotna dioda rektifikacija toplote pretvorba energije magnetokalorično hlajenje elektrokalorično hlajenje elastokalorično hlajenje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-01-07 23:25:45 2021-01-07 23:25:49 2023-11-29 09:31:46 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Str. 1-17 nr. Vol. 2020 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-01-07 536(045) 1364-0321 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109571 16906011 44255233 RAZ_Klinar_Katja_2020.pdf RAZ_Klinar_Katja_2020.pdf 1 BC3DFE52EF8F74AC1884705EA151345E e60bdfd355568ea354962fef7af48989780436d38d7a0b3a7dae944dff8e426d 822e8855-a1bb-11eb-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=139629 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032119307798?via%3Dihub#undfig1 1 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=139628 Fakulteta za strojništvo 0 0 0