High Performance Membrane Heat Exchangers for HVAC

More than 4% of the energy in the US is used for building heating and cooling- The most critical components in these processes are heat exchangers- More efficient heat exchangers allow for more efficient processes and energy savings up to 50% for room air conditioning- Typically, heat exchangers are built from metals to exchange as much energy as possible over a small area- An approach to increasing the effectiveness of heat exchange is to increase the surface area over which energy is exchanged between the two fluids- However, increasing the surface area of metal heat exchangers is very costly- A very low cost and very low weight polymer heat exchanger will be developed, which will enable large, efficient, and low-cost heat exchangers, improving the efficiency of HVAC