US 12,298,450 B2
Shape memory alloy heat pump
Keith Warren, Dublin (IE); Matthieu Morhan, Dublin (IE); Fintan McDonnell, Dublin (IE); Robert Kelly, Dublin (IE); Christopher English, Dublin (IE); Laura Fox, Dublin (IE); Kevin O'Toole, Dublin (IE); Michael Langan, Dublin (IE); and Richard Blackburn, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to EXERGYN LTD., Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 17/921,541
Filed by EXERGYN LTD., Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061030
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219667, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2006168 (GB), filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219585 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G01T 1/175 (2006.01); G01T 7/00 (2006.01); G21F 1/08 (2006.01); G21F 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01T 1/175 (2013.01) [G01T 7/00 (2013.01); G21F 5/14 (2013.01); G21F 1/085 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat pump with a shape-memory alloy (SMA) core, the SMA core comprising:
at least one stack of a plurality of plates where at least two plates are formed of a shape-memory alloy and assembled, the plurality of shape-memory alloy plates having one or a plurality of fluid ports adapted to allow passage of a fluid through the stack, the plurality of shape-memory alloy plates including a plurality of plate stiffener slots, each stiffener slot of the plurality of plate stiffener slots being positioned in alignment with a respective stiffener slot of an adjacent plate;
wherein at least one plate is dimensioned with an intake port to introduce the fluid into the stack; and
at least one plate is dimensioned with an outlet port to externally discharge the fluid introduced through the intake port.