International Institute of Refrigeraiton news

News from IIR members: ASHRAE

ASHRAE has launched High Performing Buildings, a quarterly magazine that is distributed to building owners, facility managers, architects, contractors and engineers. Its aim is to help decision makers in the building community learn about the...

Publication date : 2011/02/04

IIR Working Party Mitigation of Direct Emissions of GHGs

The second meeting of the IIR Working Party Mitigation of Direct Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Refrigeration (WP_MRE) will take place at the International Institute of Refrigeration, 177, Boulevard Malesherbes, 75017 Paris, on February 9, 2011,...

Publication date : 2010/12/23

Consult here the minutes of the first meeting of the IIR Working Party on Mitigation of Direct Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Refrigeration chaired by Per Lundqvist.

Publication date : 2010/12/02

12th Cryogenics 2012

The preliminary announcement of the 12th IIR Conference Cryogenics 2012, which will be held in Dresden, Germany, on September...

Publication date : 2010/11/02

Pôle Cristal Symposium

Pôle Cristal Symposium will take place in Dinan, France, on October 7-8, 2010. More

Publication date : 2010/10/01

PhD student recruitment

PhD Studentship for 36 months for a subject concerning Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Machines, Theory, Modelling and Experiments): We are looking to recruit a PhD student in the area of magnetic refrigeration (thermal and fluid...

Publication date : 2010/09/30

Conference update: Dinan

Le Pôle Cristal organise un colloque scientifique sur le thème : « Froid industriel et commercial. Bâtiment économe en énergie », les 7 et 8 octobre 2010, à Dinan (France). Une table ronde sur « Les enjeux du froid dans l'industrie...

Publication date : 2010/09/27

FRISBEE Project

The IIR is involved in a 4-year project within the context of the EU 7th Framework Programme. The objective of the FRISBEE (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers' Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimisation along the cold...

Publication date : 2010/07/26

Minutes of IIR Commission B1 Business Meeting in Boulder

A Commission B1 business meeting took place in Boulder, Colorado, USA (June 24, 2009). It was chaired by Commission B1 President Dr Piotr Domanski. The minutes of the meeting are available

Publication date : 2010/06/07

Piotr Domanski and Ben Adamson co-chaired a joint Commission business meeting (B1 & B2) in Sydney during the 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference in April 2010. Following discussion during the meeting, a survey was sent to B1 commission members...

Publication date : 2010/06/07

Every 4 years, the International Institute of Refrigeration holds a congress, each time in a different country. These milestone events bring together researchers and industrial stakeholders working in all refrigeration applications and...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

The 1st IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain held in Cambridge, UK, on March 29-31, 2010 attracted over 150 participants from 22 countries. Academia, public and corporate research centres, public agencies and administrations, and...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

International events: Amsterdam

The 13th European Cold Chain Logistics Program held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on February 8-9, 2010 attracted 120 participants from 22 countries, and 20 presentations were given. www.gcca.org

Publication date : 2010/05/27

International events: Tokyo

The 2010 International Symposium on Next-Generation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology took place in Tokyo, Japan, on February 17-19, 2010, and attracted 750 participants from 13 countries. Obtain the proceedings comprising 78 papers:...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

Conference update: Stockholm

The 2nd IIR Workshop on Refrigerant Charge Reduction in Refrigerating Systems will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 16-17, 2010. Key themes include: design of low-refrigerant charge systems; thermodynamics in compact heat exchangers; design...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

Conference update: Baotou

The 4th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Thermag IV) is to take place in Baotou, China, on August 23-27, 2010. Don't miss this fourth cutting-edge event in the series!

Publication date : 2010/05/27

Conference update: Sofia

The 9th IIR Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning will be held on September 29-October 1, 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Keep updated and check out deadlines:

Publication date : 2010/05/27

Briefs: IIR statutory meetings

The Management Committee of the IIR, the Publications Sub-Committee and the restricted Science and Technology Council met in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 22-24, 2010 and prepared the 23rd International Congress of Refrigeration with the...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

This new edition is a greatly extended and fully updated version of the first edition published in 1995 and enables readers to come to grips with the latest technology and trends. This book provides all necessary basic information on the transport...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

New IIR publications: Properties of Secondary Working Fluids for Indirect Systems

This expanded 2nd edition responds to rising use of secondary refrigerant systems used in many applications. It comprises comprehensive data on a number of aqueous solutions of ethylene and propylene glycol, ethanol, glycerol, ammonia, chlorides...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

News from IIR members: Bitzer

In 2009, Bitzer Brazil inaugurated the first CO2 Technology & Training Centre for North and South America. Installed in Sao Paulo, the centre provides training covering safety, design, installation, commissioning, servicing and maintenance....

Publication date : 2010/05/27

News from IIR members: Mayekawa

Mayekawa has supplied 6 Pascal Air units to Fukazawa Reizo's refrigerated fish warehouse in Yaizu, Japan. The Pascal Air units were launched recently and comprise a turbo-type expander, a compressor, a primary cooler and a heat recovery heat...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

News from IIR members: Tecumseh

Tecumseh has won the French Golden Decibel Award for its second-generation Silensys condensation units. The Conseil National du Bruit (the French national organization dealing with noise issues) presented this award in recognition of the noise...

Publication date : 2010/05/27

Commission D1 business meeting

Giovanni Cortella, President of IIR Commission D1 "Refrigerated Storage" invites all Commission D1 members to participate in the business meeting which will be held on March 30, 2010 (18:30 - 19:15) at Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK,during the 1st...

Publication date : 2010/03/25

Editorial by Didier Coulomb

The UN climate change conference in Copenhagen was a failure. The initial stances and the interests of the stakeholders were too divergent to enable an agreement to be reached rapidly. It is possible that no agreement will ever be reached....

Publication date : 2010/03/07

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