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Refrigerators / cooling could be done with salt / no electricity

By Hicbd
Wed Apr 30 2025 10:45 am

"Three teens from India have created a salt-powered refrigerator and their goal is to help medical facilities in rural areas that don’t have access to electricity...The Thermavault uses "ionocaloric cooling based on the dissolution enthalpy of ammonium chloride in water to fuel its cooling process," according to the official website."

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https://www.fox26houston.com/news/teens-invent-refrigerator-doesnt-need-electricity-aim-help-rural-communities
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-win-2025-earth-prize-for-refrigerator-that-runs-on-salt-200-headed-to-hospitals-for-chilling-medicine/

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Business / Invention Idea Refrigerators Global Rural Areas / Villages Salt Global Health

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