Adrian Filips

Adrian Filips

Nov 27, 2023

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Baseline findings

We did a freezer temperature log for six days. We found that there are about there types of events:


  1. a ripple from -21 to -17 Celsius that repeats in a non totally regular manner about every hour. That is most likely the compressor kicking in when the temperature raises. So about 4 degree variation. See second Figure.

  2. an irregular higher spike event about every six hours which seems to be the defrost cycle. About 6 degree variation. See full run figure.

  3. independent events that seem to coincide with opening of the freezer door. That varies from about -8 degrees so 13 degree variation from the -21 that the freezer is set. See full run figure.


Six day run

One day run that shows better the smaller ripple caused by periodic compressor activity

These were baseline results without using an 'enzyme cooler'.

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About This Project

Temperature-sensitive reagents are common in biology labs, and often
need to be stored in expensive ultra low temperature ULT refrigerators.
This is one of the highest cost barriers to setting up a biology lab and
makes research incredibly difficult in low resource settings. An enzyme
cooler stored within a standard freezer can be a viable alternative. We
plan to design, build, and test an open-source enzyme cooler that can be
built for as little as $25 without sacrificing performance.

Blast off!

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