- The U.S. Army soldier’s daily fuel use
has risen from 1→16 gallons since WW2
- July 25 2006, Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer
sent the Pentagon a “Priority 1” request…
for “a self-sustainable energy solution“
including “solar panels and wind turbines“ - 60,000 US army personnel to transport fuel
A 5m3 Solar Refrigerator
Background
Project initiation
- Funding was available for ATMI to
develop a solar thermal powered
refrigerated container using their carbon - The carbon is produced in monolithic
plates, has high conductivity and porosity
but low permeability - ATMI selected Warwick to partner them
in this project
Project brief
- Product is a stand-alone chilled (5 C)
container, 5m3 - 2 beds with heat and mass recovery
- Evacuated tube collectors 10m2
- Ice storage for cold
- One year from concept to test!
Design -system schematic

Standard container

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