Background
Lorentzen, Gustav was born on January 13, 1915 in V. Aker, Norway. Son of Gustav and Anne Cecilie (Juell) Lorentzen.
Mechanical engineering educator
Lorentzen, Gustav was born on January 13, 1915 in V. Aker, Norway. Son of Gustav and Anne Cecilie (Juell) Lorentzen.
Graduate mechanic engineering, Technology U. Norway, Trondheim, 1939; Doctor in Technology, Technology U. Norway, Trondheim, 1950; D. Ir. (honorary), Technology U. Delft, The Netherlands, 1977; Doctor in Technology (honorary), Technology U. Denmark, 1979; D Technology (honorary), Chalmers U., Gothenburg, Sweden, 1988.
Gustav Lorentzen was a professor at Norwegian Institute of Technology, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In the late 1980s, Gustav Lorentzen rediscovered how CO2 could be used as a refrigerant in heating and cooling applications. He developed the modern thermodynamic transcritical cycle in 1988-1991.
In 1988 Lorentzen designed a concept for a new, but simple and efficient way of regulating CO2 systems. This idea became the turning point in the re-invention of CO2 cooling technology. Meanwhile, the Japanese corporation Denso had familiarized itself with Lorentzen's dissertation in 1993, and was evaluating the concept as a basis for a new air-condition application in cars.
A series of communications between Lorentzen and Denso followed and the result of the collaboration between Lorentzen and Denso was a fundamental step in the innovation of EcoCute which was commercialized in 2000s.
President Norwegian Association Refrigeration, Oslo, 1965-1967. Fellow American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers. Member Royal Norwegian Academy Sciences, Norwegian Academy Technology Sciences (honorary), Institute of Refrigeration (honorary), International Institute of Refrigeration (honorary president 1951-1987), International Institute Ammonia Refrigeration (honorary).
Married Rose Mary Fewkes, December 20, 1941. Children: Lisa, Gustav, Inger, Astri, Bernt.