CONFTHER
Ensuring thermal comfort
Benefits
- No noise
- Compliant with fluid regulations
- Very low electrical power
- Thermal energy recovery
Key words
- Absorption machine
- Cooling
- Air conditioning
- Heat pump
Intellectual Property
- 1 patent
- 1 knowhow
Partnerships & Rewards
- Fonds FEDER Région Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Laboratory
- LOCIE
Institutions
- CNRS
- USMB
Linksium Continuum
- Maturation
- Incubation
- Commercialization
Results
- Available licenses
Context
Society is facing ever-increasing energy demand and depletion of fossil fuels. Confther is responding to this challenge by offering low-power absorption machines featuring a new generation of multifunctional heat exchangers. This technology makes it possible to produce cooling from renewable heat sources with very low electrical consumption, meeting the need for thermal comfort.
Technology
- Low-temperature cooling and heating machine
- Optimized for small powers 10 - 50kW
- Highly compact adiabatic mass exchangers
- Self-adapting evaporator
Advantages
- Compact geometry
- High-performance, non-hazardous working fluid
- Low power consumption
- Renewable energy sources
State of progress
A demonstrator has been developed at the LOCIE laboratory, with an architecture adapted to a heating and air quality management application for medium-sized indoor swimming pools. Unlike conventional machines, this one uses only two specific adiabatic exchangers, the other components being produced industrially, thus reducing manufacturing costs. Laboratory tests validated the operating principles developed. The design of the machines must be adapted to the specific application conditions.
Applications
- Heating, cooling or dehumidification
- Indoor swimming pools-SPAs
- AC Solar or network heating
- Cogeneration (hot-cold) or tri-generation (biomass...) for housing or industry
