SMACool
The Project
The Project SMACool will develop a functional air-conditiong device for residential buildings, based on the emerging technology of elastocalorics, which uses shape memory alloys as solid-state refrigerants for efficient and sustainable cold (and heat) generation. Elastocalorics is an innovative, disruptive heating and cooling technology with the potential of reaching outstanding energy efficiency and zero global warming potential, using metals as solid-state refrigerant material instead of the harmful fluids used in cooling systems today.
Project objectives
- Construction and validation of an application-specific elastocaloric cooling system device
- The creation of a versatile validation environment for quantitative validation of future elastocaloric devices
- The realization of a multi-physical numerical simulation platform for simulative assistance in elastocaloric device development
- The development and characterization of elastocaloric-specific optimized materials
- The development of an efficient drive unit suited for the specific needs of elastocaloric system devices
Main objective
The resulting SMACool system is targeting an efficient increase by a factor of two to three compared to state-of-the-art HVAC (Heat, Ventilation, and Air Conditiong) systems and will have high impact on potentially cutting down global energy consumption in the residential building sector and also other cold generation fields.
Project Information
Grant agreement ID: 101162223
EU Signature date: 4 June 2024
Start date: 31 October 2024
End date: 30 September 2024
DOI: 10.3030/101162223
Total cost: € 3.976.608,75
EU contribution: € 3.976.608,75
Coordinated by: Saarland University
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