Einstein refrigerator
Refrigerador Einstein
- Date
- 1926 · confidence high
- Place
- Berlin, Germany
- Credited to
- Leó Szilárd y Albert Einstein
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd patented an absorption refrigerator with no moving parts that needs only a heat source, designed to avoid leaks of toxic refrigerant gases.
What it led to
- Electricity-free absorption refrigerators
- Research into passive refrigeration
- Use in off-grid areas
- Renewed historical interest in the 2000s