Nanoporous materials for water-based adsorption chillers

用于水基吸附式制冷机的纳米多孔材料

基本信息

批准号：
561110-2020
负责人：
Goh, CynthiaCM
金额：
$ 7.29万
依托单位：
University of Toronto
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Alliance Grants
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=748292
关键词：
Nanoporous materials water based adsorption

项目摘要

Climate change is an important issue for Canada and the planet as a whole. Traditional cooling technology consumes considerable electricity and uses fluorinated compounds as refrigerants that contribute greatly to global warming. Enersion has developed a cooling technology that uses 70% less electricity, and water as a refrigerant. A key component of Enersion's technology is the nanoporous material that adsorbs water vapour to produce the cooling effect in their chillers and cold storage solutions. The goal of this collaboration with Professor Cynthia Goh at the University of Toronto is to take advantage of Professor Goh's more than 30 years of experience making and studying nanomaterials to create new and better nanoporous materials in a scalable process, that can be potentially used in Enersion's commercial products. A material that more efficiently adsorbs and desorbs water vapour than what Enersion currently uses could mean the same amount of cooling is achieved with even less electricity consumption in a smaller footprint product. A scalable production process will allow Enersion to manufacture locally, creating local jobs and preventing supply chain issues that could arise with importation.

气候变化对加拿大和整个地球来说都是一个重要问题。传统的冷却技术消耗大量电力，并使用氟化物作为制冷剂，这对全球变暖有很大影响。 Enersion 开发了一种冷却技术，可减少 70% 的电力消耗，并以水作为制冷剂。 Enersion 技术的一个关键组成部分是纳米多孔材料，它可以吸收水蒸气，从而在冷却器和冷藏解决方案中产生冷却效果。此次与多伦多大学 Cynthia Goh 教授合作的目标是利用 Goh 教授 30 多年制造和研究纳米材料的经验，以可扩展的工艺创造新的、更好的纳米多孔材料，这些材料可用于 Enersion 的商业产品。与 Enersion 目前使用的材料相比，这种材料能够更有效地吸收和解吸水蒸气，这意味着在占地面积较小的产品中，可以用更少的电力消耗实现相同的冷却量。可扩展的生产流程将使 Enersion 能够在当地进行制造，创造当地就业机会并防止进口可能出现的供应链问题。