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New framework aims to standardise research on evaporative cooling technologies
Evaporative cooling is gaining increasing attention as an energy-efficient alternative to conventional air conditioning. A new scientific study by an international team of researchers, including Anna Pacak,...
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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...
Briefs: Ionic Wind to Cool PCs
Kronos Advanced Technologies are developing a cooling process for personal computers based on an ionic wind pump. Ionic air propulsion is based on a principle called the corona discharge, an electrical discharge characterized by a corona, i.e. a...
Briefs: Magnetic-levitation bearing system
The world's first large tonnage magnetic-levitation bearing air-cooled chiller for air conditioning is being installed in the American Embassy in Tokyo. The 2520-kW chiller plant consists of 12 MagLev Chiller modules. OBO, which installed it,...
How to evaluate the refrigerating capacity of compressors?
Most compressor manufacturers express the capacity of their compressors using the "nominal capacity" of the motor, expressed in HP (1 Horse Power = 0.735 kW) which does not give precise information on the refrigerating capacity of the compressor....
Announcement for 2007 ASHRAE Refrigeration Awards
Refrigeration Committee awards to be presented at the 2008 summer meeting will be for new refrigeration technology applied in a unique manner. Two awards will be made: - Milton W. Garland Commemorative Refrigeration Award for Project Excellence...
Ozone depletion and global warming
As an intergovernmental organization, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is invited to attend the annual conferences on the ozone layer (and the Montreal Protocol), on climate change (and the Kyoto Protocol), and to present a...
