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Low Cost, Energy-Saving Radiative Cooling System Ready for Real-World Applications

posted by mrpg on Sunday October 28 2018, @10:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the cool! dept.

upstart writes:

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Low cost, energy-saving radiative cooling system ready for real-world applications (edit: fixed link)

University of Colorado Boulder and University of Wyoming engineers have successfully scaled up an innovative water-cooling system capable of providing continuous day-and-night radiative cooling for structures. The advance could increase the efficiency of power generation plants in summer and lead to more efficient, environmentally-friendly temperature control for homes, businesses, utilities and industries.

The new research demonstrates how the low-cost hybrid organic-inorganic radiative cooling metamaterial, which debuted in 2017, can be scaled into a roughly 140-square-foot array—small enough to fit on most rooftops—and act as a kind of natural air conditioner with almost no consumption of electricity.

"You could place these panels on the roof of a single-family home and satisfy its cooling requirements," said Dongliang Zhao, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral researcher in CU Boulder's Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 28 2018, @01:11PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 28 2018, @01:11PM (#754651)

    That site causes firefox to use 100% cpu and appear to hang. Not sure if it's a browser-specific issue or just regular javascript fuckups, but you have been warned.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 28 2018, @02:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 28 2018, @02:20PM (#754661)

    I'd wager most soylentnews users block javascript via ublock, umatrix or noscript by default anyhow.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by richtopia on Sunday October 28 2018, @05:14PM

    by richtopia (3160) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 28 2018, @05:14PM (#754712) Homepage Journal

    Wow, confirmed with Vivaldi.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 31 2018, @05:23AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday October 31 2018, @05:23AM (#755935) Journal

    ScienceDaily should be used instead of Phys.org because it doesn't have that problem and it usually links directly to the source material (so you can link to that instead). Phys.org only links to the university's home page, and only after a second click.

    Here is the source:

    https://www.colorado.edu/today/2018/10/26/engineers-scale-low-cost-energy-saving-cooling-system [colorado.edu]

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