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- Coolar can provide autonomous cooling for both off-grid clinics and campers
- Together with market leader Erwin Hymer Group SE the team at Coolar is already testing mobile camping use cases
- The Coolar camping cold box cools without batteries, harmful refrigerant substances or annoying compressor-noise
Coolar successfully piloted its grid-independent refrigerator in Kenya. The 100% water-based adsorption cooling technology can provide reliable off-grid cooling for medicines and vaccines in clinics when permanently connected with solar thermal hot water as an energy source in a stationary setting. Now the development team at Coolar is exploring new use cases for this uniquely sustainable cooling technology.
Not having to rely on power from the grid for reliable cooling is valuable not only to remote clinics in Kenya, but also for camping users. Together with the innovation unit of Erwin Hymer Group SE – the European market leader for camping vehicles – the Coolar product development team is discussing and testing applications of the water-based adsorption cooling system for camping enthusiasts.
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With its thermo-physical energy storage capability the Coolar technology is able to provide cooling on the go without big, heavy and often environmentally harmful batteries. First prototypes were able to cool for four days off-grid after heat energy input (comparable to “charging” the system) at home or at the camp site – without draining the camper’s battery system. Temperature and remaining cooling time can be observed on a small battery-supported display. The silica-gel and water based thermo-physical energy storage is robust and very durable. Unlike conventional camping batteries it does not need to be replaced after only a couple of years of operation. The cooling system works without any harmful refrigerants and there is no annoying noise from a compressor. First tests with Erwin Hymer Group SE have also shown that the system can withstand night-time freezing temperatures if left in a vehicle over the winter.
Beyond this, the team is aiming to use as environmentally and recycling-friendly materials as possible to strengthen the unique sustainability of the camping box.
Camping enthusiasts can look forward to sustainable off-grid cooling provided by Coolar’s camping cold box.
If you are interested, please contact us via camping@coolar.de.
