Tag: solid state cooling

HKUST Cooling Device Team

Researchers are developing new, environmentally friendly refrigerants and finding more ways to recycle or break down harmful ones as the need to mitigate the potential of ecological harm from rapidly growing global demand for air-conditioning and refrigeration technologies becomes increasingly urgent. HKUST: Engineers Set New Benchmarks in Eco-Friendly Cooling Technology Engineers at the Hong Kong … Continue reading Science to the rescue: Environmentally friendly refrigerants and safe ways to dispose of the harmful ones

A pioneering research study led by Shin-ichi Ohkoshi from the University of Tokyo, in collaboration with Tsukuba and Osaka Universities, Aisin Corporation, and Molsis Inc., has resulted in the creation of an inorganic solid refrigerant claimed to deliver the world’s highest cooling performance. Solid refrigerants are being explored as possible next-generation cooling technologies due to … Continue reading More solid refrigerant developments

A UK-based company that has been developing a revolutionary type of refrigeration has secured a £1.3 million ($AU2.4m) investment, with the purpose of bringing to market a new technology which does away with refrigerant gas. Barocal Ltd, a spin-out from Cambridge University’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, is developing a cooling and heating method … Continue reading Disruptive solid-state refrigerant tech firm secures £1.3m investment