Improving the Reliability, Longevity and Lifetime Performance of Magnetic Cooling Technology [Energy Catalyst: R3 Mid-Stage]

制冷和冷却消耗15%的发电量（DEFRA）;其中最大的部分-约33% -与家用制冷有关，这是本提案的重点。在家庭中，家用制冷设备占总用电量的约14.5%。目前，只有磁制冷技术被认为是传统压缩机冷却器的可行替代品：但由于可靠性问题，市场准入迄今为止已经停止。因此，该项目的首要目标是通过提高磁冷却的可靠性、寿命和寿命性能来实现这种“绿色”技术--达到制造商可以测试基线系统的程度;这是知识产权许可之前的一步。Camfridge有一个磁冷却平台，这是世界上最紧凑和最具成本效益的，该项目将采用自下而上和自上而下的方法检查故障模式。帝国理工学院将特别关注退化机制、磁制冷剂的寿命和保护策略的开发; Camfridge（首席合作伙伴）将系统地提高组件的寿命和性能，而Arcelik（Beko），一家主要的电器制造商将从集成系统（自上而下）的角度研究冷却发动机的故障模式和性能。该项目将提供一个基线设计，展示广泛的工业测试所需的技术准备水平;该项目中开发的基线单元的复制品将提供给目标区域市场的家电制造商。

Refrigeration and cooling consumes 15% of generated electricity (DEFRA); the largest component of this - ~33% - is related to domestic refrigeration, which is the focus of this proposal. In the home, domestic cooling appliances account for ~14.5% of total electricity usage. Currently only magnetic refrigeration technology is seen as a viable alternative to conventional compressor coolers: but there market access has thus far been halted by reliability issues. The overarching aims of this project, therefore, is to enable this 'green' technology by improving the reliability, longevity and the lifetime performance of magnetic cooling- to reach a point where manufacturers can test a baselined system; the step prior to IP licensing. Camfridge has a magnetic cooling platform, which is the most compact and cost-effective in the world, and the project will examining failure modes, taking both a bottom-up and top-down approach. Imperial College will focus specifically on the mechanism of degradation, the lifetime of the magnetic refrigerant and development of protection strategies; Camfridge (Lead Partner) will systematically improve the longevity and performance of components, and Arcelik (Beko), a major appliance manufacturer will examine cooling engine failure modes and performance from an integrated system (top-down) appliance perspective. The project will deliver a baseline design demonstrating the required levels of technology readiness necessary for widespread industrial testing; replicas of the baseline unit developed in this project will be made available to appliance manufacturers in target regional markets.