A new technology for heating and cooling your home is being developed that could drastically change the HVAC industry as we know it! Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been experimenting with creating a refrigeration effect by using ions to drive solid-to-liquid phase changes. This new technique is called ionocaloric cooling, and it uses the same technology how adding salt to a road before a winter storm changes when ice will form. This new technology will possibly be better for the environment, less expensive to produce, and be more efficient than today's HVAC systems.
Berkely Lab Article: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/01/03/cool-new-method-of-refrigeration/
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0:00 Intro: New HVAC Technology
0:51 How does it work?
1:40 Ionocaloric Cooling
2:45 What's it mean?
4:16 Scientist's at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
5:15 Experimentation and Testing
6:17 Future systems
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Berkely Lab Article: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/01/03/cool-new-method-of-refrigeration/
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Chapters
0:00 Intro: New HVAC Technology
0:51 How does it work?
1:40 Ionocaloric Cooling
2:45 What's it mean?
4:16 Scientist's at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
5:15 Experimentation and Testing
6:17 Future systems
#hvac #technology #climatechange
Hey guys, if you are catching this video, this is going to probably be the craziest video I've ever made. So before you click off of this thing, you gotta hear this. I Just found an article on a couple of scientists who have come up with a new technology on how to heat and cool your home. What's crazy about this technology is not only is it better for the environment than a lot of the techniques or refrigerants that we use today, but it's actually good for the environment.
and I'll get into more of that in just a moment. But the other thing that's crazy about this is the technology itself. It's going to be more energy efficient if they figure all this out. It's just really crazy.
You have got to check this out. So I'm going to put a link to this article down below. I've noticed that there's a few different folks that have done stories on this, but this is by far one of the craziest things that I have done a video on. So first of all, how does this new technology work right? You're used to what you're used to.
You're used to something being in your home, blowing air and having an outdoor unit with a compressor and all of that. This new technology harnesses the same science or technology behind when you put salt on roads, right? So if you have ice on your roads, if you live in a state where it snows or sleets, you get ice on the roads. and then you have to put salt or some sort of ice melt on that ice to get it to melt. It's the same sort of technology, which is so crazy to me, right? So the technology we currently use is called Vapor Compression.
Okay, so you have your compressor outside, it compresses the refrigerant, changing it from a liquid to a vapor. and we're all used to that, right? You've got copper lines that run from the, you know, outdoor and indoor units. and what's really crazy about this new technology is I don't really quite understand what it's going to look like in your home yet? I'm not sure they do yet. They haven't gotten into all of that, but they currently do have a provisional patent.
This new technology is called. Forgive me on this. I might pronounce it incorrectly, but I'm going to give it a shot. Ino Caloric Cool is what they're calling it.
so I'll again put that word down in the description in case you want to read it and tell me how I'm pronouncing it incorrectly. But Ino Caloric Cooling differs from a lot of the other caloric methods that we've seen scientists experiment with in the past. Methods using magnetism, pressure, stretching, electric Fields Things like that, but they've never been able to quite harness this ability to create something that would replace what we currently have with the vapor compression type systems we currently have. This new technology differs by using ions to drive solid to liquid phase changes.
Potential to compete with or even exceed the efficiency of gases refrigerants. Now you might be saying well, what does this all mean to me I'm just a customer I'm just a homeowner that you know is looking to buy a heating and air system. What does all this mean? Well, what's really crazy about this is they're saying that if they work all the Kinks out, they figure this out that the equipment is going to cost less to be able to use in your home. It is going to be better for the environment. In fact, not only is it going to be able to use a zero Gwp, which is something we've talked about in other videos, a lot of the new refrigerants coming out are going to have a lower Gwp global warming Potential from the existing 410A refrigerant that we currently use. So Gwp is something that we talk about a lot. And so they're saying that this is not only going to be zero Gwp, but it actually might be Gwp. Negative: Using a material like ethylene carbonate could actually be carbon negative because you produce it by using carbon dioxide as an input.
This could give us a place to use CO2 from carbon capture. so instead of adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, this would actually be consuming that. Which is just so crazy to me how they've come up with this. These people are way smarter than me and I Just say hats off to them.
especially if they're able to figure out a way that they're able to heat and cool your home for less money in the end. So Not only would it be better for the environment, it would be more efficient for you to use in your home. The technology itself and the equipment itself be less expensive, so only time will tell. As we've seen in the past, when new things come out instead of going down in price, they actually go up in price.
So scientists that work at the Department of Energies Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory And they've not only created this technology or discovered it more likely, but they also have already started running data on it, running tests, and trying different methods of different types of materials that they can use to just kind of, you know. figure this out to try to figure out how they're going to make this more applicable. Something you can actually create and be able to sell, right? You know you'd be able to go to wherever and buy a box and then install that box in your home to heat and cool your home. So Heating and Cooling As we know it, that's why I think this is so crazy.
Heating and Cooling As we know it could change drastically because of all of this, you're going to have professionals that are at the top of their game. They're you know, the masters of what we do currently who will be just starting over with all of this just like anybody. So they're continuing to work on prototypes to determine how the technique might scale to support large amounts of cooling, improve the amount of temperature change the system can support and improve the efficiency. Ravi Pressure hopefully I said that right? Who is a colleague of these scientists working at the Berkeley Labs energy Technology area and adjunct professional and Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley Said We have this brand new thermodynamic cycle and framework that brings together elements from different fields and we've shown that it can work. Now it's time for experimentation to test different combinations of materials and techniques to meet the engineering challenges. So this is just crazy man. I Mean for real, this is is one of the craziest videos. This is the craziest article that I came over.
This is brand new. This article was just written on January 4th which was today so it just came out today I Don't know when they actually received the provisional patent, but you know this is new stuff. This is crazy. You may in the future have a system that instead of having a refrigerant in it with a compressor, you're going to have some sort of salt in there or some sort of material that's being able to change the you know the Solitude liquid type deal.
And for all I know the systems could look exactly the same. You know still have some sort of coil outside, but the technology itself is going to be better for the environment, better for you as the consumer. And if they figure all this out HVAC As we know it is going to change. So what are your thoughts? I'd Love to hear them.
Please comment down below. this is just a crazy one, right? So yeah, comment down below I'd Love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for watching Hit that subscribe button. We'll see you next time.
Watch even with a new technology we will still have an indoor unit in an outdoor unit
Video suggestions:. I'm looking to build a new house and are considering going ductless. A discussion group I'm in seem to really think it's a dumb idea. What I'm thinking: a 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 3k sq ft house. I want to be able to save money by reducing the use of the guest bedrooms unless needed. Some are saying that putting a 6000 but unit in a bedroom is crazy (I've seen your video on right sizing). They also say that a multi-split are terrible because the condenser can't balance the usage correctly. I've thinking of a ducted mini-split for the master suite along with the closet and Landry, a unit for the great room/kitchen/eating area, then a 4 head unit for the other bedrooms and sun porch. What do you think.?
When I hear "salt" I think of corrosion and various methods to abate this to avoid an untimely early demise of the system. Many promising technologies have failed on the rocky cliffs of scaling, efficiency, lifespan, and production costs. The resulting ionocaloric cooling system will also have to be easy enough to understand and maintain to deliver a compelling life cycle cost to the consumer (corporate and retail). I'm appreciative that this is being researched. I wish that more money would be diverted from fusion power research and hydrogen fuel cell research to cooling technology research. It was over 121 degrees F in Vancouver WA for nearly two weeks in 2021 and it's looking like this will be more likely in the future. Most don't have air conditioning in this area. If we all bought air conditioners and fired them up, a tremendous amount of electric generating capacity would have to be added given today's air conditioning efficiency. We need better!
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I was wondering if you can reverse cycle it to get heat. Mathematics Trivia moment time now. I noticed your number behind you begins 5050. This is an interesting number you get to by adding every number from 1 to 100 together. 😀
We all know that refrigerant patents are running out again, hence the new Freon. Thanks epa for doing such a corrupt job. Service area Kanata??
Get a case of beer, and get a bucket of ice. Now add salt and you beer will be cold superfast.
This has been know for years.
I would bring back Freon. Dirt cheap, works great and is nontoxic. Does nothing to the ozone hole which is caused by a lack of sun over Antarctica in the winter and circumpolar winds. BTW, more CO2 is good. Are you in Orleans ?
Plants and trees need CO2
Sounds great. I look forward to using it in my home in 20 years. I only wish it would work during the rolling blackouts.
Yesterday I read this same article you did. Today I get your channel in my feed for the first time. Glad to have found you! But big brother is so real in the name of the advertising industry. Aw well, new subscriber!
Man it’s all about the money DuPont makes with it’s patents. I just wish my service truck had a full size commode so I didn’t have to sit on the nasty ones at the gas stations
Based on the (lack of) progress on DEVAP, I won't hold my breath on this technology. Are you in Ottawa ?
Not going to be efficient. Everything the government is doing going to cost way more in other areas. They are not really making it cost efficient
Also the EPA is already going to replace 410a!
They are not smarter lol😂
At best, this is interesting. And "crazy", a word mysteriously not yet banned, is not a synonym for crazy.
Fat chance on anything being cheaper.
Woah science is like so crazy
I personally think If stand alone heat pumps can get cheap enough that they will be the number one way people heat there homes. At a point when the air gets warmer. If the unit is internal and is abstracting that all ready warm air that it created. I can’t see that not being super efficient.
Did you see the thermo acoustic heat pump Service area Nepean??
With an engineering background, "CAN WORK" and "Does work" are both not the same and don't exist within 50 years of each o ther.
There is many other cool tech out there but big oil and govs stop them early…
seems like scam technology to delivery clicks…. specific model numbers that are most reliable that currently available would be best to determine a legit hvac channel
Zero GWP…lol
Kinda like my trees
I hope that it’s actually better for all involved but there’s normally a HUGE But involved with any of these new things
They don’t actually want to do anything new, they’re just going to shift what we are dependent on and who we are paying for the energy and equipment that we need to keep our people reasonable amounts of comfortable
I have seen so many fake inventions I will wait till there is more.
Like a lithium bromide absorption chiller? I’ve worked on a few don’t get it on your boots trust me
They actually use co2 in industrial refrigeration now
CNN university in Virginia has ice fields that they melt under the ground to get power on the electrical grid❤😮
Melting ice is 288,000 BTUs -1°F❤😮
Im going to say this is still a few years away
This same group is also working on an alternate project which is close to completion. This project combines a patented scroll type compressor driven by the engine in a gas powered vehicle. It is not yet planned for diesel vehicles. This revolutionary compressor will have the ability to pull in the fuel being expelled into the atmosphere by all petrol powered vehicles. None of the current petrol powered vehicles are capable of burning 100% of the ingested fuel. The newer emission controlled vehicles emit considerably less unburned fuel, but still emit a sufficient quantity to make this system viable. The output of this system accurately produces a product more resembling natural gas or propane vapor. No atomization is necessary, and it produces absolutely no crankcase dilution. In many areas this new system will suffice to totally power the vehicle, but the current fuel injection system must remain to assist in lean atmospheric areas where the new system's output is reduced. The existing on board OBD system and ECM can be easily retuned to adjust between the two systems seamlessly.
Anything based on salt tells me corrosion issues will be number one in problems. Personally, anything from Berkeley, I'll take with a grain of salt until it's proven in the industry first. Laboratory results don't satisfy my standards in the real world. I hope this is something that materializes…we can say good bye to big electric consumption and making truck loads of money for the energy companies and untilities who give a good portion of our rates to investor/stock holders. Service area Barrhaven??
This seems like an atmospheric scrubber which extracts CO2 while cooling the air through some type of condensation process. Star Trek technology!!!