Slovenia, a small European nation of just over 2 million people, has stunned the global scientific community with a groundbreaking innovation in cooling technology. Researchers from this modest-sized country have developed an air conditioning system that operates without refrigerant gases, marking the first major revolution in refrigeration technology in nearly…
Cool tech, but this recent article lacks substance compared to the older ones. Also interesting that the German team claimed 2x better efficiency than a typical heat pump.
I searched for “nitinol cooling system” and found articles dating back to 2016 about the same technology at a German university –
https://newatlas.com/shape-memory-refrigerant-free/41652
https://newatlas.com/shape-memory-alloy-nitinol-heating-cooling/58837/
Cool tech, but this recent article lacks substance compared to the older ones. Also interesting that the German team claimed 2x better efficiency than a typical heat pump.