Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
Sebastian Gonzalez
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Engineering
Faculty Mentor Name
Dikici Birce
Abstract
Refrigeration has come a long way from ice boxes to the modern kitchen fridges we possess today. It now requires no more than electricity to preserve food, and many of them use water to produce ice that is readily available at the press of a button. What could be better than that?
Well, there are signs as to what the future may hold for the efficiency and utility of this precious technology. Recently prototypes with new built in features and higher efficiency are being built. Examples of these include an added planter box which grows garden plants in controlled conditions, and the implementation of magnetic refrigeration which theoretically might have a higher efficiency than most commercially available fridges.
This project will discuss these emerging ideas to advance refrigeration in detail and research just how close they are to becoming part of day to day life.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
No
Future of Refrigeration Efficiency and Utility
Refrigeration has come a long way from ice boxes to the modern kitchen fridges we possess today. It now requires no more than electricity to preserve food, and many of them use water to produce ice that is readily available at the press of a button. What could be better than that?
Well, there are signs as to what the future may hold for the efficiency and utility of this precious technology. Recently prototypes with new built in features and higher efficiency are being built. Examples of these include an added planter box which grows garden plants in controlled conditions, and the implementation of magnetic refrigeration which theoretically might have a higher efficiency than most commercially available fridges.
This project will discuss these emerging ideas to advance refrigeration in detail and research just how close they are to becoming part of day to day life.