Nano materials are emerging as popular insulation material since they are an improvement over the traditional insulation materials and even cost less. Now nanotechnology is being used in the arena of refrigeration as an insulating material and this can help in bringing down the energy consumption of refrigerators by as much as twenty percent.
A micro thickness film called Nanoskin has been developed by General Applications and it offers a thermal protection layer by using small cells consisting of vacuum. This film will be embedded in the inner wall of the fridge during the manufacturing process for offering effective layer of insulation.
This has resulted in strong interest among a number of companies and a number of European fridge manufacturers are willing to apply this technology to their fridges. It looks like this film will replace the traditional insulating material due to the advantages it offers and the obviously the cost factor too.
Via acr-news
