Masters thesis examines pseudoelastic alloys which exhibit shape memory effect, to be used in an elastocaloric cooling system. Due to well-documented improvements regarding elastocaloric effect efficiency with the help of cyclic tensional loading, a question poses itself, whether the same outcomes can be achieved by compressional loading which is significantly more favourable from the perspective of fatigue strength. Therefore the effects of compressional loading on elastocaloric effect are researched through this work. The first part of experimentation consists of cyclically loading tubes made from an alloy of nickel and titanium 100 times at four different ambient temperatures. In the second part, temperature change during adiabatic loading cycles is measured. In the end, hysteretic work and both heating and cooling energies are determined. Additionally, the coefficient of performance is calculated as a measure of efficiency.
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