DEOS

Cooling is an essential need that impacts individual social welfare, economic productivity and the greater sustainability of cities and communities. However, space cooling is a resource- and emissions-intensive process. With demand expected to triple over the next 30 years, a more sustainable method is needed to avert the worst effects of its certain growth. The EIC-funded DEOS project has a solution. Danish R&D firm STAC Technology has developed a low-energy, water-as-refrigerant chiller and ice-slurry generator, capable of delivering megawatt scale cooling output to district scale networks. STAC’s vapour-compression system will lower energy consumption by 40 %, reduce operational risk, eliminate indirect greenhouse gas emissions and produce a novel ice-slurry cooling medium that possesses 7x the cooling capacity of chilled water.

Duration: 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2024