Project description
Faster and more efficient eco-friendly refrigeration
The vapour-compression refrigeration system (VCRS) is the primary cooling technology used in almost all fridges, freezers and air-conditioners worldwide. This technology can be very slow to cool environments and also causes environmental damage through the release of harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The EU-funded V-Chiller project developed a new refrigeration technology based on vacuum cooling technology, the first rapid-cooling technology that is as efficient as VCRS, totally eco-friendly and at a comparable cost. The V-Chiller project is developing a rapid cooling fridge for the Food & Beverage industry that can on-demand chill four or more cans of beverages per minute using minimal electricity.
Objective
Since the invention of vapor-compression refrigeration system (VCRS) two centuries ago, it became the primary cooling technology used in almost all fridges, freezers and air-conditions worldwide, all progress have been focused on making the technology more economically viable and more efficient ignoring other very important shortcoming of this technology like, very slow cooling speed and harmful use of refrigerants like CFC and HFC that destroys ozone layer and causes global warming.
We consider it usual nowadays that we have to store items in the fridge for hours before it gets cold or air-conditions recirculating cold air already inside the room instead of keep pushing in more fresh air from the outside, resulting in spreading bad odors and bacteria around the room or office, but it shouldn’t be that way…
We invented a new refrigeration technology based on Vacuum Cooling Technology, the first RAPID-COOLING technology in the world that is as efficient as VCRS, totally Eco-friendly and at comparable cost.
First manifestation of this technology will be “V-Chiller” a rapid cooling fridge made for the Food & Beverage industry that can on demand chill 4 cans or more of beverages per minute using minimal electricity and at a comparable cost for a VCRS chiller that is already used
While a usual chiller takes ~5 Hours to cool a batch of 400 Cans in a glass double-door commercial fridge, V-Chiller can chill ~ 1200 Cans during same period.
V-Chiller supports the Food & beverage industry meet upcoming greenhouse gas emissions and energy waste demands of 30% more efficient refrigeration equipment by 2023. V-Chiller’s and we aim to capture 20% of European commercial chillers market share by 2024, generating €60 M in revenues.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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1068 BUDAPEST
Hungary
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