Steinbeis Transfer Center Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

• Scientific consulting and support with the use of natural refrigerants
• Scientific support with the implementation of thermal energy storage systems
• Assistance with the use of ice slurry
• Advisory services in the field of solar cooling
• Technology transfer in the field of energy efficiency programs involving cooling and air conditioning Systems

• Natural refrigerants
• Phase change materials (PCMs), particularly ice slurry
• Energy efficiency of cooling and air conditioning Systems

• Use of propane in commercial refrigeration
• Scientific support with the conversion of a large kitchen at a university from direct evaporation of HFC refrigerants to propane with ice slurry and carbon dioxide
• Solar cooling using steam jet chilling
• Theoretical and experimental investigation of the use of ice slurry for transportation refrigeration in light trucks
• Design concept for vending machines using propane as a refrigerant, with a focus on reducing refrigrerant charge quantities
• Assessment of a novel supermarket cooling concept using heat pumps
• Development of a CO2 heat pump/air conditioning system for electric RVs
• Evaluation of air as a refrigerant for cryogenic chambers
• Various expert reports on refrigeration systems

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Keeping it cool (Transfer 1/2026)
  Natural refrigerants – environmentally friendly, efficient, sustainable