Baltzar von Platen (inventor)
Baltzar von Platen (born February 24, 1898 in Malmö , † 1984 ) was a Swedish inventor.
He belonged to a German noble family of Rügen-Pomeranian Uradels , the mid-18th century to Sweden and emigrated there could maintain its civil rights. The aristocratic naturalization for his family branch took place in Sweden for the first time on November 21, 1751 for the Swedish major Baltzar Achates von Platen. Further nobility naturalizations followed on October 23, 1778 for Philipp Julius Bernhard von Platen , Kgl. Swedish Major General, and on January 29, 1818 in the Finnish Knighthood for Gustav Bogislav von Platen. When Baltzar von Platen left the Royal Stockholm University of Technology in 1922 , he had studied mathematics, physics and astronomy. During his thesis, he and Carl Munters invented the diffusion absorption refrigeration machine, which is still used in every absorption refrigerator today . This system was used from 1925 by the Electrolux company for their globally successful refrigerator.
Within the Swedish ASEA group , von Platen worked on a project that aimed to produce diamonds with the help of heat and pressure. However, he left the project before the first successful production of a synthetic diamond was achieved in 1953.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Adelige Häuser Volume XXXIV, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 2013, p. 427.
- ^ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Adelige Häuser Volume XXXIV, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 2013, p. 428.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Platen, Baltzar von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malmo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1984 |