Short Courses
Purdue 2026 Refrigeration Short Course
Next generation HVAC&R: New Applications and Opportunities in Heating and Cooling
July 12, 2026
Short Course Summary
The ever-increasing need for heating and cooling creates many new product opportunities accompanied by technical challenges that the industry needs to overcome in innovative and creative ways. This short course discusses a variety of emerging HVAC&R technologies and applications including data center cooling technologies, EV thermal management concepts, heat pumps for stationary comfort applications, and high temperature heat pumps for large-scale applications. This short course will have recognized speakers from academia, national labs, and industry to deliver this exciting update on next-generation HVAC&R applications. The goal of the short course is to showcase the state-of-the-art in both academia and industry and provide a venue for cross-application collaborative discussions and thought.
8:00am Course Introduction and Schedule
8:15am Stationary Heat Pumps for Comfort Applications
- Background and Ongoing Research
- Applications and Deployment Challenges
9:45am Coffee Break
10:15am EV Thermal Management – System and Components
- Refrigerants, Components, and System Architectures
- SAE Heat Pump CRP Update
11:45am Lunch Provided
1:00pm Data Center Cooling, Grid Integration, and Heat Recovery
- Getting the Heat out of the Chip – Review of Different Cooling Approaches
- High Capacity and Power … an Industry Perspective
2:30pm Coffee Break
3:00pm Large-scale, High-temperature Heat Pumps & Systems
- Technical challenges on the road to passing 150C
- From the drawing board to Making Steam – Application Examples
4:30pm Summary and Open Discussion
5:00pm Course Evaluation and Adjournment