An article from the IJR on the state of the art of CO2

NTNU and SINTEF published an interesting article on the State-of-the art « CO₂ only » solutions for supermarket applications¹. This article summarises and gathers several researches on the current status of this technology and its perspectives or the future. All the current and potential CO₂ applications in supermarkets have been described with their potential energy efficiencies and savings. In its conclusion, the article highlighted that further improvements could be achievable if the remaining non-technological barriers are overcome.

¹ GULLO P., HAFNER A., BANASIAK K. Transcritical R744 refrigeration systems for supermarket applications: Current status and future perspectives. International Journal of Refrigeration. 2018, vol. 93, pp. 269-310. Available in Fridoc.