Progetto di ricerca

CO-COOL (DIT.AD017.143)

Area tematica

Ingegneria, ICT e tecnologie per l'energia e i trasporti

Area progettuale

Tecnologie energetiche a basse emissioni (DIT.AD017)

Struttura responsabile del progetto di ricerca

Istituto di tecnologie avanzate per l'energia "Nicola Giordano" (ITAE)

Responsabile di progetto

VINCENZA BRANCATO
Telefono: 3288668453
E-mail: vincenza.brancato@itae.cnr.it

Abstract

Comparing to heat, power, and transport, cooling had long been under-represented in the EU energy policy until 2016 when the European Commission took the first step with the launch of its Heating and Cooling Strategy. The strategy identifies actions of 'increasing the share of renewables' and 'reuse of energy waste from industry' to meet the EU's climate goals by 2050. Accordingly, the targets are only achievable with fast development and deployment of new efficient and effective cooling technologies driven by either 'renewable electricity/heat' or waste heat. This CO-COOL RISE project assembles an international, interdisciplinary consortium from 12 research institutions and 5 industrial companies to collectively accelerate the cooling technology development and deployment, with complementary expertise/skills including composite solids, phase change materials (PCMs), complex fluids, process intensification (heat and mass transfer), cold thermal storage, refrigeration systems, as well as techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA), marketing analysis, and entrepreneurship skills.

Obiettivi

The project aims to develop renewable/recoverable energy driven, storage-integrated cooling technologies which could offer energy resource-efficient and cost-effective solutions to meet low carbon cooling demand.

Data inizio attività

01/10/2021

Parole chiave

Materials engineering, Energy systems, Conversion and storage

Ultimo aggiornamento: 21/11/2024