Hello!

I am a fourth year Student at Warwick University and I’m building a cooling system for my Thesis Project. Ill start by telling you all that I’m NOT a refrigeration engineer, and I’ve never looked into this before so I have no idea what I’m talking about:

To cut the story short I have a box which needs a cooling element on the inside (max size of element: 400mm x 200mm) and a radiator on the outside (same max dimensions) and the most compact & lightweight compressor/control system (basic thermostat) possible.

(For the purposes of this assume it is roughly the same as making one of those small beer fridges from scratch. 600mm x 600mm interior etc (2ftx2ft) cooling 25DegC down to 5DegC)

Does anyone have any ideas where to get the parts from in the UK?? (Don’t worry I will have help assembling it etc from a proper engineer, I just need to source the parts.)

Also the refrigerant cannot be flammable or harmful, any ideas what to use with it?

Thanks Very much for your help


Matt

(A poor and desperate student!)

p.s. Im not sure if this is the right forum to post in, so sorry if its not