About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere Europe 2012
published on 6 November 2012
11 pages
6 MB

A presentation by Jan Hinrichs from Ixetic introducing a heat pump system using CO₂ for thermal management in battery electric vehicles and for passenger air-conditioning brought a lively discussion among participants in the market innovation session. The electric driven CO₂ compressor with a gas cooler in the heating/ cooling unit with a heating power of 3.2kW at -7°C ambient temperature had a COP of about 3.0. With the recent development in the mobile air conditioning (MAC) sector pointing to a renewed interest in natural refrigerants, it is likely that CO₂ MAC systems will be in the spotlight at next year’s ATMOsphere event.

About the speaker(s)

Jan Hinrichs

 

Jan Hinrichs started his carrier at ixetic in 1996 as mechanical engineer developing R744 compressors for mobile applications. After this development was stopped in 2008, he was responsible for the design and validation of these compressors for some years. Then in 2009, Hinrichs took over responsibility for the Advanced Development department. The compressor development for natural refrigerants is one of the main activities in this department.