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  • MAC developments

    While in the mobile air-conditioning (MAC) sector, R&D is focusing on alternative refrigerants to R134a (see "In the news" below), some other research projects or achievements are noteworthy: - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in...

    • Publication date : 2009/12/09
  • New cryogenic refrigerator to deep-freeze chips

    Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a compact, solid-state refrigerator capable of reaching very low temperatures (as low as 100 milliKelvin). The refrigerator works using a "sandwich" of normal-...

    • Publication date : 2004/05/25
  • Optical cavity cooling: a quantic leap for optical refrigeration?

    A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have combined laser cooling technology with nano-physics, and have discovered a revolutionary way of bringing a semi-conductor nano-membrane’s temperature down to -269°C.

    • Publication date : 2012/07/31
  • Submersion cooling: a solution for the IT industry?

    With the data centre industry growing by 12% annually, saving energy required for cooling is becoming a crucial issue and new options are being explored such as free-cooling, thermal energy storage or various means of liquid cooling, including...

    • Publication date : 2014/06/04
  • Lighting systems for cold stores

    Various types of lighting exist for below 0°C temperature cold stores including mercury vapor (MV) lamps, high pressure sodium (HPS) and light-emitting diodes (LED).

    • Publication date : 2014/03/28
  • The superconductor industry global market

    The global market for superconductor technologies accounted for USD 1.8 billion in 2015 and is expected to reach USD 5.8 billion by 2022.

    • Publication date : 2015/09/28
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
  • Recent developments in extreme cooling

    Researchers from NIST have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator using quantum physics in micro- and nanostructures to cool a much larger object to extremely low temperatures. Moreover, a team of Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University, has...

    • Publication date : 2013/05/17
  • Photovoltaic thermal system combined with adsorption cooling achieves 75% efficiency

    Researchers from IBM Zurich research laboratory combined photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal techniques in a high-concentration PV thermal (HCPVT) system to achieve efficient electrical cooling output without the need for extra cells.

    • Publication date : 2013/10/25
  • The challenges of thermal management of next-generation electronic equipment

    With the increasing integration and miniaturization of electronic devices, the heat flows they generate are constantly increasing. Spray cooling has many advantages in this regard. 

    • Publication date : 2023/03/27