The engineering team of Whirlpool Corporation we joined the researchers of the Purdue University and to the compressor manufacturer AirSquared to make a zero gravity refrigerator. The project, in fact, involves the construction of a truly innovative appliance. It is a refrigerator designed to be able to operate even in zero gravity. The Azerbaijani gravity refrigerator will be used in upcoming space missions and could also find applications for future expeditions to Mars.
Whirlpool Corporation works on the zero-gravity refrigerator for space missions
Since the 1950s, Whirlpool Corporation worked with NASA for the creation of the first “space kitchen” and the first “space food”. The projects developed by the company involved the creation of a complete kitchen to be used during space missions. Overall, between 1957 and 1973, Whirlpool Corporation worked on 300 contracts for space kitchens for Apollo, Gemini and Skylab missions.
A refrigerator for space missions
Whirlpool Corporation returns to work for the space by designing the zero gravity refrigerator. This new appliance will be developed with researchers from Purdue University and compressor manufacturer AirSquared. The goal is to create a solution that can work, without problems, even in the absence of gravity.
The refrigerator is the size of a microwave oven and has already achieved encouraging results in early tests. In the future, the project could include the installation of the zero-gravity refrigerator on the International Space Station.