Low Cost Solar Absorption Cooling System

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Solar heating and cooling (including daylighting))

Basic and strategic applied research
Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Solar Polar Limited

Feasibility Study

Innovate UK

01 October 2015

30 September 2016

12 months

£89,355

East of England

Competition Call: 1411_FS_ENE_GEN_ENCATES2 - Energy Catalyst Rnd 2 - (FS). Activity Energy Catalyst Rnd 2 - (FS)

Project Contact, Solar Polar Limited

Solar Polar has invented a solar cooling system design concept for a system that will require no electrical power, will have no moving parts and will provide cooling at low cost (per Watt of cooling load). Our innovative system design will be simple to build with local materials, will be easy to maintain, reliable and will have an operating lifetime of 30 years or more. It will be ideally suited to the cooling requirements of dwellings and small to medium sized offices and retail spaces. It therefore has the potential to be a world leading, near-zero carbon cooling technology. Within this project we shall undertake: technical appraisal of each element/component of our system concept and of the system as a whole; detailed market research; technology and competitor analysis; detailed modelling of the performance of our technology in different locations/orientations; a costing exercise and cost-benefit analysis for varying applications/locations; identification of potential collaborative partners; identification of standards and accreditations required in key markets and development of technology development and commercialisation route maps.

03/01/18