STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) and North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, ND, USA have entered into a two-year collaborative research project entitled ‘A Hybrid Solar Water Heating System using Carbon Dioxide as Working Fluid.’
According to a press release issued here Sunday, CIIT is a public sector institute ranked among top six universities in the country. It has seven functional campuses in the cities including Islamabad, Lahore, Wah, Abbottabad, Attock, Sahiwal and Vehari with 18,000 students and about 1,750 faculty members.
Research and development is the main feature of the CIIT and its R&D efforts have been successful in developing different products many of which are soon to be commercialised.
NDSU is a land grant public institution, which is a Carnegie classified Very High Research Activity University. NDSU is home to approximately 14,000 students with annual research expenditure in excess of $115M. The project once completed and launched, will prove to be of immense importance to the society.
The system is being developed for the areas of Gilgit-Baltistan region, which will work in both temperature extremities. It will provide space heating/cooling, hot/cold air, and hot/cold water in winters and summers.
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