Our laboratory had the pleasure of attending the Eurotherm 2024 conference, held in the picturesque town of Bled, Slovenia from 9th – 13th June The conference was a fascinating experience, showcasing the latest advancement in thermal science and technology. We were thrilled to be part of such an esteemed gathering Read more…
The Slovenian Energy Association (SZE) successfully hosted the SZE 2024 International Conference from June 2 to June 4, 2024, at the Grand Hotel Bernardin in Portorož, Slovenia. This prestigious event was organized in collaboration with Kronoterm, the main sponsor.Our group presented the latest findings from the 3Diverse project, which focused Read more…
On Friday, April 19, 2024, we had an exceptional opportunity to expand our professional knowledge with students by visiting two leading companies in the industry. Students had the exclusive opportunity to learn about the internal operations and processes at the Hisense Gorenje corporation, which, among other things, is involved Read more…
TU Delft leads HEAT4ENERGY, a European consortium, dedicated to develop thermomagnetic devices and novel materials to harvest heat from data centres, food, pulp and paper industries and convert this waste heat to electricity. This project ticks all the boxes: energy transition, decarbonising, low and high power devices for conversion of Read more…
LAHDE concluded an enlightening visit to the conference in Dresden, which took place on November 13-14. Our team members demonstrated their expertise with interesting contributions: Prof. Dr. Andrej Kitanovski took to the stage as an invited speaker Title of the lecture: Magnetocalorics and thermomagnetics: the past, the present and the Read more…
The visibility of our work continues – we celebrate our latest achievement!LAHDE members (Prof. Dr. Andrej Kitanovski, Dr. Katja Klinar, Katja Vozel) have once again received support from the Innovation Fund of University of Ljubljana, this year for the project TEcomfort: the compact unit for low-temperature heating and cooling systems.The Read more…
Researchers of Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE, process engineering) participated in a research on improving thermal comfort and energy efficiency in buildings using phase-change materials. The research was carried out in Laboratory for Heating, Sanitary, Solar and Air Conditioning Engineering (LOSK, process engineering), also by participation of researchers Read more…
Yesterday we were delighted to welcome the start of the new academic year and celebrate it with a special event – Open Lab Day! Our lab also opened its doors to give the new students a glimpse into the various exciting projects and experiments we are conducting. Some of the research Read more…
We are pleased to announce that the LAHDE team has successfully completed its active participation in the 26th International Congress on Refrigeration (ICR 2023) in stunning Paris! This unique and extremely important meeting takes place every 4 years, and perhaps this year was all the more special because it returned Read more…
Researchers at the Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE, Process Engineering), in collaboration with researcher from the Laboratory for Structure Evaluation (LAVEK), have conducted a comprehensive study of the design, numerical analyses and experimental validation of various electro-permanent magnetic structures that can be used in magnetocaloric refrigeration. The research Read more…
Researchers at the Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE, Process Engineering), in collaboration with researchers from the Laboratory for Tribology and interface nanotechnology (TINT), have conducted a comprehensive study of the thermal properties of thermal switch capacitors used in magnetocaloric devices. The research results were published in the Journal Read more…
We’re excited to share with you pleasant news that has us counting down the days with excitement. In August, our team will be flying to Paris to attend the highly anticipated 26th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, organized by IIFIIR – International Institute of Refrigeration. This prestigious event, held every Read more…
The Slovenian Energy Association (SZE) organized the International Conference SZE 2023 in Portorož between June 4th and June 6th, 2023. The main theme of the conference was Energy efficiency and sustainable, secure, and accessible energy supply. We participated in the conference with the following contribution:Developments on thermoelectric heat pump booster Read more…
We are pleased to announce that members of our Laboratory (dr. Luka Lorbek, dr. Luka Porenta, prof. dr. Andrej Kitanovski) were chosen as one of this year’s recipients of the University of Ljubljana Innovation Fund. A grant of 25.000€ was obtained to develop a prototype cooling system (EASE) and demonstrate Read more…
We were invited to publish a protocol on the use of the numerical model for the simulation of (magneto)caloric devices with thermal switches.The protocol is available here: link.The numerical model is available here: Zenodo in Github This protocol describes the use of a simple 1D numerical model to evaluate a Read more…
We presented our work at the International Conference of SZE:High-temperature thermal energy storageThermoelectric micro heat pump booster for low temperature district heating systemHigh-temperature heat pumpsPlease contact us for more information!
LAHDE Scientific annual report: Published papers MAIORINO, Angelo, DEL DUCA, Manuel Gesù, TOMC, Urban, TUŠEK, Jaka, KITANOVSKI, Andrej, APREA, Ciro. A numerical modelling of a multi-layer LaFeCoSi active magnetic regenerator by using artificial neural networks. Applied thermal engineering, ISSN 1359-4311. [Print ed.], Oct. 2021, vol. 197, str. 1-13, ilustr. https://www.sciencedirect. Read more…
May the peace and joy of this holiday season be with you today and throughout the New year. *** We wish you health, happiness and success in 2022!
The traditional Rector’s Award for the Best Innovation of the University of Ljubljana promotes innovation at the University of Ljubljana and helps innovators on their way to the market. The competition was divided into two categories: 1st category of students and alumni and 2nd category of researchers employed full-time at Read more…
We are hiring /job advertisementThe Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (University of Ljubljana) is actively seeking qualified researchers with diverse experience and education levels (M.Sc. or PhD) to support its scientific (academic) and industry-related research and development projects. The group develops state-of-the-art and Read more…