METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLIMATICALLY CONTROLLING, IN PARTICULAR COOLING, A MEDIUM BY MEANS OF ELECTROCALORIC OR MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIAL

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a device for climatically controlling, in particular cooling, a medium by means of electrocaloric or magnetocaloric material, in which at least one electrocaloric or magnetocaloric material element is alternately exposed to the influence of an electrical and/or magnetic field on a warm side, and at the same time heat occurring as a result of heating up of the electrocaloric or magnetocaloric material element is removed, and this or a further electrocaloric or magnetocaloric material element is kept free from the influence of an electrical and/or magnetic field on a cold side, and at the same time heat from the medium to be climatically controlled is absorbed, wherein a plurality of electrocaloric or magnetocaloric material elements that are thermally insulated from one another are exposed to the influence of an electrical and/or magnetic field on the warm side, while a plurality of electrocaloric or magnetocaloric material elements that are thermally insulated from one another are kept free from the influence of an electrical and/or magnetic field on the cold side.