1. Thermag VII Torino Italy
ELICiT EU PROJECT
September 14th. 2016

2. Thermag VII Torino Italy
ELICiT EU PROJECT
September 14th. 2016

3. Agenda
Time
Presentation Title By pm
Presentation of the ELICiT project by the project coordinator
Raffaele Paganini
Whirlpool R&D pm
Magnetic cooling engine for domestic refrigeration appliances
Alessandro Pastore  Camfridge pm
Heat Exchangers
Marcel van Beek
Re/gent pm
Metal Foam: Manufacturing and thermal application
Stefano Guarino
SCIRE pm
Magnetic refrigeration for domestic appliances : Regulatory challenges
Thomas Michineau & Gérald Cavalier
Cemafroid pm
Life Cycle Thinking Approach Applied to the Refrigeration Industry
Rossella Luglietti
POLIMI
2.55 – 3.30 pm
Questions/ Answer
Ina Colombo 
IIR

4. What is the Elicit Project ?
ELICiT « environmental low impact cooling technology »
Is a European Union seventh framework programme for research (FP7) and focuses on the application of magnetic cooling technology to domestic refrigeration appliances
The 3 Year research project, started in January 2014, will help efficient gas-free magnetic cooling technology to move from LABORATORY scale to HIGH-VOLUME marketable product

5. Project Partner

6. Elicit Project Objectives
MAGNETIC COOLING IS CONSIDERED IN ITS ENTIRETY: THE COMPLETE MAGNETIC
COOLING SOLUTION AS INTEGRATED WITH ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE APPLIANCE. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON 4 KEY ASPECTS:
SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION - TO EVOLVE A SOLUTION THAT IS PRODUCTION SCALABLE, EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
BENCHMARKED VALIDATION – TO ESTABLISH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY CREDENTIALS OF THE TECHNOLOGY
LIFE CYCLE OPTIMIZATION – TO PROVIDE PRODUCTION, COST AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA TO AID SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION AND HELP DECISION MAKING
REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS – TO ENSURE THE TECHNOLOGY COMPLIES WITH EXISTING REGULATIONS, AND TO ESTABLISH HOW THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL FIT INTO STANDARDS

7. SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION Activity Done: Main results Achieved:
Magnetic Engine
Activity Done:
Define specifications for optimized components for magnetic cooling system meeting weight, volume and performance requirements.
Develop optimized heat exchangers, pumps, regenerators, magnetic cooling engine and integrate into a production appliance.
Integration of Lifecycle Cost (LCC) and Environmental impact (LCA) into design and build process.
Main results Achieved:
Complete magnetic cooling design framework incorporating LCA and LCC tools.
Optimized pump and heat exchangers.
High power density regenerators developed using industrially scalable processes.
Highly compact magnetic cooling engine integrated into a Whirlpool production domestic refrigerator.
Shaping and assembling
Proven highly scalable industrial manufacturing processes

8. SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION Warm side: Cold side:
Heat exchangers
Warm side:
Plastic channel plate (two plates):
Height = 600 mm; Width = 530 mm:
Aluminum roll bond (two plates)
Height = 700 mm; Width = 540 mm
Plate thickness = 1.5 mm
Cold side:
Two Polypropylene channel plates (3 * 3 * 0.2 mm)
with 0.5 W Fan ( 33 m3/h)

9. Metal Foam: A summary of progress towards objectives
SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION
Heat exchangers
Metal Foam: A summary of progress towards objectives
MAIN TASKS
Evaluation of the current state of the art
Acquisition of all the necessary input data from other Partners
Innovative solutions to enhance the performances of the heat transfer devices

10. BENCHMARKED VALIDATION
Activity done:
Executed a series of benchmarking activities to assess the performance of the full appliance in order to provide data and inputs for improving and optimize key components of the cooling system :
Appliance
Magnetic cooling engine (MCE) and subcomponents
Pump
Heat exchangers
Main Results Achieved:
Pump and heat exchangers performance exceed design specifications.
New high power density regenerators tested and perform well.
Compact magnetic cooling engine completed initial tests (late-2015); enhanced version integrated into final appliance for benchmarking at the Whirlpool lab in Varese.

11. REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS –
Activity Done:
Analysis of existing regulations and standards applicable to Household refrigerator
Analysis of the prototype in order to define a tuned test protocol benchmarking of cooling capacity and performance of similar technologies Main results Achieved:
Synthesis of regulations and standards, analysis of MEP required
Test protocol based on indirect methodology enabling to measure a cooling capacity of the appliance, energy consumption.
Test reports enabling to benchmark the performance of the different prototypes designed during the optimization process.

12. LIFE CYCLE OPTIMIZATION –
Activity Done: .Life Cycle Simulation Toolbox at component level and system level .Life Cycle Assessment using SimaPro 8.04 with Ecoinvent database Cost evaluation Main results Achieved: . Environmental and cost indicators to compare the alternatives at component level  guideline for the other partners to define the optimal solution . Preliminary results about the comparison between magnetic and conventional machine

13. Thank You. Raffaele Paganini raffaele_paganini@whirlpool
Thank You! Raffaele Paganini elicit-project.eu #MagneticCooling