Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 days agoSamsung and US researchers say a new technology called thermoelectric cooling can make refrigerators 70% more energy efficient, & could enable them to power themselves from their ambient environmentwww.eenewseurope.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down132
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkSamsung and US researchers say a new technology called thermoelectric cooling can make refrigerators 70% more energy efficient, & could enable them to power themselves from their ambient environmentwww.eenewseurope.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYes, that’s a Peltier device by definition. The efficiency of them as of now are not great, so the big news here, if reproducible is that they’ve refined a process that gets them up to 70%. Huge if true.
Yes, that’s a Peltier device by definition. The efficiency of them as of now are not great, so the big news here, if reproducible is that they’ve refined a process that gets them up to 70%.
Huge if true.