RAPIDCOOL

Development of a Rapid Cooling technology for commercial refrigeration applications

Coordinatore	"Vending Marketing trgovina, storitve, marketing d.o.o."    more  Organization address address: Maroltova ulica 6 city: Ljubljana postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Iztok Cognome: Vodicar Email: send email Telefono: +386 41 686 737 Fax: +386 1 620 59 02
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Slovenia [SI]
Totale costo	1˙190˙368 €
EC contributo	903˙276 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2010-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-01-01   -   2012-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	"Vending Marketing trgovina, storitve, marketing d.o.o."  Organization address address: Maroltova ulica 6 city: Ljubljana postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Iztok Cognome: Vodicar Email: send email Telefono: +386 41 686 737 Fax: +386 1 620 59 02	SI (Ljubljana)	coordinator	278˙566.00
2	ENVIRO-COOL UK LIMITED  Organization address address: "Little Lucy's Farm, Lower Steet" city: "Tonbridge, Kent" postcode: TN11 8PT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Kelvin Cognome: Hall Email: send email Telefono: +44 20 76124363 Fax: +44 20 7182 6785	UK ("Tonbridge, Kent")	participant	484˙354.00
3	INSTALACIONES DYMTEC SL  Organization address address: CALLE JOSE MARIA DE LARA Y CARVAJAL 13/44 city: MURCIA postcode: 30169 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Esther Cognome: Hernandez Email: send email Telefono: 34968826023 Fax: 34968826065	ES (MURCIA)	participant	127˙971.00
4	THE UK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED  Organization address address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE city: OXFORDSHIRE postcode: OX25 5PT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Andrew Cognome: Dean Email: send email Telefono: 441665000000 Fax: 441665000000	UK (OXFORDSHIRE)	participant	12˙385.00
5	MARKS AND SPENCER PLC  Organization address address: North Whalf Road - Waterside House 35 city: LONDON postcode: W2 1NW contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mark Cognome: Caul Email: send email Telefono: +442087 186687 Fax: +442087 186687	UK (LONDON)	participant	0.00
6	Re/gent B.V.  Organization address address: Lagedijk 22 city: Helmond postcode: 5705BZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Patrick Cognome: Beks Email: send email Telefono: +31 492 476365 Fax: +31 492 476369	NL (Helmond)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Commercial refrigerators and freezers are ubiquitous and are used in diverse environments such as supermarkets, grocery stores, service stations, restaurants, hotels, pubs, and cafés. The most visible are vending machines and open or closed refrigerated cabinets such as open display cabinets. Combined commercial refrigerator/freezers are estimated to consume 85TWh of electricity per annum. Although incremental advancements in refrigeration technology have been made these do not nearly offset increasing use. These trends thus pose a significant risk to the EC’s overall commitment to reduce energy use by 20% to 2020; improve overall energy security of European and reduce green house gas emissions. Beverage cooling accounts for a large proportion of commercial refrigeration covering products such as vending machines and display coolers. Compared to chilled or frozen food products, the majority of beverages have a relatively long shelf life and it is therefore not required to keep them at drinking temperature prior to consumption. However, this is currently the norm as it is often necessary to provide a chilled drink immediately upon purchase. As a result a wide range and number of beverages are kept chilled for eventual purchase. The logical consequence of cooling a drinks container efficiently and rapidly on-demand is a reduced need for chillers to run continuously. RapidCool aims to develop such a flexible, modular cooling apparatus that can accommodate drinks cans and bottles and chill them rapidly from ambient to around 6°C. The cooling chamber will be designed to be directly operated by the consumer and meet with usage demands associated with vending machines and open cabinet fridge, with both a standalone unit and multi-can variant providing a faster vending solution. The proposed system can save up to 75% of the energy currently consumed by a conventional vending machine or display cabinet, which equates to cost savings of around €250 per machine per year.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Consumers may soon say good-bye to refrigerated display cases and vending machines. Ground-breaking rapid beverage chilling technology promises cold drinks in seconds at a fraction of the energy cost of current refrigeration systems.