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Successful Attendance at the 40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
Successful attendance at the 40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics in Krakow, Poland.
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The launch of the Limited angle Positron emission tomography (PET) system Project
The Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE) is proud to be a partner in the three-year project titled “Limited-Angle Positron Emission Tomography (PET) System,” funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS). The project, set to begin in July 2024, is led by the Jožef Stefan Institute, specifically Read more…
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TCCbuilder workshop
The Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE) invites all students, researchers and other interested parties to a free online workshop, where you will have the opportunity to learn about the world’s first open source tool for thermal control circuits – TCCbuilder.When? Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 2:00 p.m CEST.More Read more…
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LAHDE’s Experience at Eurotherm 2024 Conference at Bled, Slovenia
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…
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Response of energy solutions to climate change
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…
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Students on a visit to Kronoterm and Hisense Gorenje Europe
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…
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The launch of Heat4energy project
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…
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We attended the Dresden Days of Magnetocalorics DDMC2023
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…
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LAHDE received support from the Innovation Fund of University of Ljubljana
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…
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Phase change materials for improvement of thermal comfort and energy efficiency in buildings
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…
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Open Labs Day to mark the start of the new academic year
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…
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Successful completion of ICR2023
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…
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Design and comparison of electro-permanent magnetic field sources for magnetocaloric heat pumps
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…
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A conceptual design of a thermal switch capacitor in a magnetocaloric device
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…
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We are heading to Paris for the prestigious 26th International Congress on Refrigeration!
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…
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International Conference SZE 2023
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…
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EASE receives funding from the 3rd Call of the Innovation Fund of the University of Ljubljana
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…
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Protocol to evaluate a (magneto)caloric device with static thermal switches using a 1D numerical model
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…
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International conference of SZE
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!
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LAHDE annual report: 2021
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…