Sure Chill Technology is a cooling

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that is currently being used in medical

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, but is thought to have wider potential in the future for domestic refrigerators and beverage coolers. According to

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, the refrigerator's

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'can stay at 4°C for more than 10 days without power, and is used mainly in

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' to store

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and other medical supplies. It can be powered by

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, and uses the physics of

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to store

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, thus not relying on

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. In 2013, the technology that uses an

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-mass to maintain refrigerator temperature without power won a $100,000 research award from the

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. In 2014, the company were awarded a further $1.4 million from the Gates Foundation to develop a life-saving vaccine cooler as part of the foundation’s goal to eliminate preventable

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worldwide.

The Inventor

Ian Tansley is the inventor of the technology in Tywyn,

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, with extensive experience in cooling technologies. Tansley spent many years working with vaccine refrigerators in some of the world’s most inhospitable places. A constant frustration for him was their dependence on re-chargeable batteries, which were costly, unreliable and hard to replace in remote areas."Keep vaccines cool in hot countries".
''Manufacturing Chemist Pharma'', 17 December 2010.

Advisory board

In 2013, both Sir Richard Feachem and

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were announced as

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members to the company. Sir Richard stated, “It is my view that Sure Chill Technology will make a huge contribution to childhood vaccination programmes worldwide, especially in poorer

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.” Whilst Sir John stated, “Sure Chill Technology has the potential to improve living conditions and healthcare of populations in some of the poorest

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, and to lessen the impact of

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. There can be no greater purpose.”

References

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