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  2. Quantum heat engines and refrigerators - Wikipedia

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    The three-level-amplifier is the template of a quantum device. It operates by employing a hot and cold bath to maintain population inversion between two energy levels which is used to amplify light by stimulated emission [7] The ground state level (1-g) and the excited level (3-h) are coupled to a hot bath of temperature .

  3. Thermoelectric cooling - Wikipedia

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    Thermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux at the junction of two different types of materials. A Peltier cooler, heater, or thermoelectric heat pump is a solid-state active heat pump which transfers heat from one side of the device to the other, with consumption of electrical energy, depending on the direction of the current.

  4. Keep the cool side cool: The fridge of the future

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    Simultaneously inefficient and poorly insulated, if a refrigerator isn't carefully coddled, For anybody looking to cut down on household expenses, the refrigerator is the monkey in the wrench, the ...

  5. Heat pump and refrigeration cycle - Wikipedia

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    An air conditioner requires work to cool a living space, moving heat from the interior being cooled (the heat source) to the outdoors (the heat sink). Similarly, a refrigerator moves heat from inside the cold icebox (the heat source) to the warmer room-temperature air of the kitchen (the heat sink).

  6. Heat pump - Wikipedia

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    In winter a heat pump can move heat from the cool outdoors to warm a house; the pump may also be designed to move heat from the house to the warmer outdoors in summer. As they transfer heat rather than generating heat, they are more energy-efficient than heating by gas boiler. [2] A gaseous refrigerant is compressed so its pressure and ...

  7. Condenser (heat transfer) - Wikipedia

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    In a direct-contact condenser, hot vapor and cool liquid are introduced into a vessel and allowed to mix directly, rather than being separated by a barrier such as the wall of a heat exchanger tube. The vapor gives up its latent heat and condenses to a liquid, while the liquid absorbs this heat and undergoes a temperature rise. The entering ...

  8. Moving-bed heat exchanger - Wikipedia

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    Moving bed heat exchangers can be used for cooling or warming of all free-flowing bulk materials which correspond to the requirements of the apparatus, concerning grain size and angle of repose. The heat exchangers often can be found after rotary kilns and dryers to cool e.g. mineral (quartz sand, Ilmentit, etc.) or chemical products ...

  9. Magnetic refrigeration - Wikipedia

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    When the magnetic field is removed, the material returns to its original state, reabsorbing the heat, and returning to original temperature. To achieve refrigeration, the material is allowed to radiate away its heat while in the magnetized hot state. Removing the magnetism, the material then cools to below its original temperature.