Dearman secures funding to explore power of LNG cold

Dearman, the clean cold technology company, has been awarded a Smart Grant by Innovate UK, to further explore the use of ‘waste cold’ from LNG terminals to provide sustainable power and cooling.

The funding will support studies in the UK, India, Singapore and Spain, focusing on the potential to recycle ‘wasted cold’ given off at LNG terminals, and to use it to make low-cost, low-carbon liquid air, which in turn can provide both cold and power, the company said in a statement.

Liquefied natural gas is energy packaged in cold. When it is re-gasified at import terminals, this cold ‘packaging’ is literally thrown away; in the UK less than 20% is used in co-located processes. However, it is possible to capture the cold and recycle it to assist in the production of liquid air, the statement said.

Dearman technology harnesses liquid air to produce zero-emission power and cooling for use in a number of applications, including urban transport, the built environment and refrigerated transportation. Building on work done to date in India and other markets, Dearman will lead detailed, in-country studies into how capturing waste cold can support a clean ‘Cold Economy’, harnessing waste cold to replace the use of diesel. Producing cold in this way decreases the cost of cooling and lessens its environmental impact.

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