DOE - Department of Energy

NREL Supports the Coolerado Cooler in POWER magazine

In an article titled "Life Below the Wet Bulb" by Ken Wicker, editor in the Nov/Dec 2003 issue of POWER:

"Idalex's prototype has been independently evaluated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems. Steve Slayzak, manager of thermal conversion projects for NREL and of the Department of Energy's distributed energy and electric reliability program, reports that Idalex [Coolerado Cooler] cooled below the wet bulb temperature without humidifying the process air or demanding excessive working/purge air that would eat up energy savings with fan power. As an advanced heat rejection technology, he continues, the Idalex staged cooling concept is exciting for a number of applications."

Below is a photo taken on the day of testing when the prototype Coolerado Cooler was connected to the NREL test equipment. 

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