A Cambridge startup is betting on plastic crystals to transform refrigeration by replacing gases with solid materials that change temperature under pressure, in a technology still under development and initially aimed at commercial systems. A startup affiliated with the University of Cambridge is working on a refrigeration technology that exchanges gases for solid materials capable […]
It kind of works exactly the other way around. The high pressure section is where the heat gets released and the low pressure section where it absorbs the heat (cools down the surroundings).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor-compression_refrigeration#Description
Similar to a Refrigerator:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator#Compressor_refrigerators
Alec Watson (Technology Connections) would be disappointed in me