Contentful ID
4262518626
Blue Frontier, LLC
Contentful ID
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Company Values
Entity Description
Blue Frontier has developed a truly smart air conditioning system. We change the concentration of a salt-solution to create cooling with minimal energy requirements. This means that the air conditioner will require less than half the electricity than a conventional system. Also, our A/C does not have to consume electricity when its working, allowing us to move electricity consumption to non-peak periods, when electricity is cheapest and produced by renewable energy. While saving energy is critical, we are also a better A/C. With our system we can decouple humidity control form air temperature control, a feat difficult to accomplish with your conventional A/C technology. This, coupled with smart distributed control systems, ensures that your and all our customers will never feel too hot or too cold, but just right all the time.
Entity Name
Blue Frontier, LLC
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Pilots/Demonstrations
Technology Areas
Technology Description
Blue Frontier’s technology, licensed from ORNL,is a non-vapor compression HVAC system with 8-hour energy storage enabled bya concentrated salt solution. The high-efficiency designeliminatesthe condenserand providesheating, cooling and dehumidification. It is intended to replace commercial packaged rooftop units (RTU) as an initial market entry, followed by residential sector. Initial systems are designed to replace traditional 5-ton RTUs and future systems will be sized for the 10-ton market.The enclosure offers higher volumetric density compared to Li ion battery.Blue Frontier offers both a disruptive technology and disruptive business model, where the technology offers load shifting/shaping. The business model is based on lower first cost (below $50/kW; ie. disruptive tobattery storage).