Monday, May 01, 2023

Reinventing the air conditioner seems very urgent if you believe in Global Warming

Perhaps, this will be one of the positive side effects of the Global Warming Hoax and Climate Change Religion!

Best of luck and quick success with reinventing the air conditioner! Hopefully, the new air conditioners will also be more energy efficient!

"... His project, “Reinventing Air Conditioning with Chemistry,” uses solid refrigerants to eliminate direct greenhouse gas emissions while making cooling systems smaller and vastly more efficient. ...
Although AC units have become more efficient over the decades, the basic mechanism for cooling has remained more or less the same ever since it was invented around 200 years ago. The problem, in an age of climate change, is that the HFC refrigerant is a major greenhouse gas. ...
has discovered a new class of solids that are extremely soft and behave much like liquids. “The material is a kind of mineral, but it contains both organic and inorganic components,” ... “Its molecular structure reminds you of a cell membrane—long, fluffy, organic chains confined between layers. And the thing about cell membranes is that they’re dynamic. They move around. Depending on the temperature, they can go from a frozen, ordered chain to a disordered, dynamic chain. The same is true for these materials, and we leverage that phase transition for cooling. We still need a liquid like water to move the heat around, but the hard work is done by the solids.”  ... “In contrast to most solids, these materials get very cold when they are compressed and very hot when they are expanded, which makes them extremely effective refrigerants.” ...
Air conditioners that use solid refrigerants could also be quieter than traditional units. Because solids are contained and easier to manage, it might also be possible to recycle them. ..."

Greener Cooling for a Warmer World | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Using a new solid refrigerant rather than hydrofluorocarbons, graduating PhD student Jinyoung Seo hopes to reinvent the air conditioner—and contribute to the effort to fight climate change.

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