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Ozone-depleting chemicals detected by scientists in the atmosphere in 1951 – decades earlier than expected
An international team led by the University of Bremen, Germany, has uncovered evidence of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere as early as 1951. This finding pushes back the known...
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Out of the ordinary: Microcebus danfossi
Danfoss has given its name to a lemur species recently discovered in Madagascar by researchers from the veterinary college Tierärztliche Hochschule (TiHo), in Hanover, Germany. The tiny (30-60 g) lemur is named Microcebus danfossi after Danfoss -...
Improving Cold Storage in Pakistan
The Pakistani government has recently announced that it will provide funds to the national food sector, in order to improve cold storage facilities. The scheme, called ‘Cool Chain and Cold Storage for Horticulture Products' aims at mitigating the...
A Research Project on Magnetic Refrigeration in Denmark
Very few laboratories are dedicated to research on magnetic refrigeration, but their number and the number of countries involved is slowly growing. The Danish Council for Strategic Research has recently donated 14 million DKK to the Risø National...
ARI launches a certification program for commercial refrigeration equipment
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) has announced the launch of a new certification programme for commercial display and storage cabinets. There are 25 other ARI certification programmes, all of them aim at giving consumers...
World AC and compressor trends
In its recent report, JARN estimates that the HVAC&R market in 2006 was about 66 billion USD and about half of sales were air conditioners and related products. - Regarding the AC market, China, the US, Japan and major European countries make...
LNG news: Singapore
Singapore is to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to meet rising demand for energy. It's first LNG terminal will produce 3 million tons of LNG/year. Singapore aims to diversify its energy sources and to implement a more stable pricing...
LNG news: Qatar
Qatar is poised to become the world's largest exporter of LNG. It expects to be exporting 77 million tons/year by 2012. The country intends to invest 130 billion USD in the oil and gas infrastructure over the next 7 years.
LNG news: Russia
Russia is to build its first LNG plant at Prigorodnoye, Aniva Bay. The location is ice-free for most of the year and the contract has gone to a consortium of Russian companies and Toyo Engineering of Japan, and the plant will produce 9.6 million...
Illegal trade of ODS
During the ECA network meeting in Turkmenistan (see above), Dr Ezra Clark from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), UK, presented some data on the illegal trade of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Originally a problem in non-Article 5...
Briefs: DKV
DKV held its best meeting in years late 2006: 720 participants and 100 papers and 3 technical tours. Dr Frank Rinne was elected President and Dr Michael Arnemann is now Vice-President. Find out more and order the proceedings:
Briefs: CERN
CERN is to inaugurate its Large Hadron Collider and is staging an event on May 31-June 1, 2007 in conjunction with the launching. Register for the Symposium for the Inauguration of the LHC Cryogenics:
Briefs: HVAC Asia 2008
HVAC Asia 2008 will be held in Singapore on July 2-4, 2008 and 15 000 visitors are expected. hqlink@singnet.com.sg, www.hqlink.com
Briefs: LG Electronics
LG Electronics announced recently that the company continued its run as the top air conditioners manufacturer for the 7th consecutive year. According to Fuji-Keizai Co. Ltd, LG sold 12.3 million air-conditioning units worldwide in 2006,...
Briefs: biodegradable packaging
The use of biodegradable packaging (such as starch and polylactic acid) in Eastern Europe is taking off: in 2006, 821 tonnes of such packaging were consumed in Eastern Europe, compared with 19 350 tonnes in Western Europe and 16 047 tonnes in...
Appointments: Dana Gas
United Arab Emirates: Mr Rashid Saif Al Jarwan has been appointed General Manager of Dana Gas and Mr Saif Ahmed Al Ghafli is now General Manager of ADGAS.
Appointments: Cemagref
France: Mr Pascal Viné has been appointed CEO of Cemagref, a French agricultural and environmental engineering research organization and benefactor member of the IIR.
Appointments: Prof. Don Cleland
Prof. Don Cleland, New Zealand's Delegate to the IIR, was recently appointed Head of the Institute of Technology & Engineering at Massey University, New Zealand.
Appointments: Grundfos
Carsten Bjerg is now CEO and Group President of Grundfos. The Danish group has 15 000 employees, sells its products via sales companies in 41 countries and had a turnover of € 2 billion in 2006.
Cryogenics: Energy Saving for Cryogenic Systems
The Cryogenics Group in the Accelerator Engineering Department of the Accelerator Division of Thomas Jefferson's National Accelerator Facilities has discovered a way of cutting the energy consumption of the compressors involved in cryocooling. The...
Cryogenics: A new cryocooler
A new cryocooler has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that combines small-size, rapid cooling, low temperatures and high efficiency. It is a "pulse tube" design that uses oscillating helium gas to...
Cryogenics: Ed
Ed, a discount grocery operating in France, does not use pallets in dual-temperature trucks to deliver products from its 8 warehouses to its 800 retail outlets. Instead, Ed has opted for a cryogenic refrigeration system combining carbon dioxide...
High-temperature Superconductivity
Groundbreaking findings on high-temperature superconductivity. A superconductor is a material that can conduct electricity with virtually no resistance. The phenomenon was discovered by Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911 and takes place in certain metals...
Phare Tower
Morphosis's Phare (Lighthouse) Tower is to go up in La Défense, France. Thom Mayne, the Design Director, describes the future landmark building as follows: "Moving around the tower, it appears to shift continually, distinct from different vantage...
New solar-cooling technology for cooling-freezing
Refrigeration is often based on compressor technology which consumes electricity. A recently developed system making it possible to achieve relatively low temperatures solely using solar energy has been designed by PROMES, a laboratory working...
Briefs: Superchilling keeps fish fresh longer
Scientists at the Norwegian Institute of Technology SINTEF have found that the superchilling of fish or meat between -1 to -3°C combines the extended life of freezing while retaining the fresh taste that chilling provides; it also reduces storage...
