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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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Briefs: Walking in space
Interested in spacesuits? Spacesuits have to protect the human body from the extreme conditions encountered in space where temperatures can range from 135°C in direct sunlight to -82°C in areas of shadow. Cooling during spacewalking is provided...
Briefs: Snow fleas and transplant organs
Researchers have discovered that a potent antifreeze protein (AFP) that protects snow fleas from freezing may allow longer storage of transplant organs. The protein has been isolated and inhibits ice growth, potentially making it possible to store...
Briefs: Britain’s greenest supermarket?
Tesco has opened its flagship environmental store in Wick in northern Scotland. The 4600 m2 store is expected to produce 50% less carbon emissions than a conventional supermarket of comparable size. Besides using wind turbines, solar cells and...
US
The US food industry's preparation to R-22 phase-out was one of the issues addressed at the 27th annual Food Marketing Institute Energy Conference in Phoenix, US, in September 2006. At least 70% of US commercial refrigerating systems still use...
Proper disposal of old appliances
The US Environmental Protection Agency along with 8 partners have launched a new, voluntarily Responsible Appliance Disposal programme to promote environmentally responsible disposal of old refrigerators and freezers, ensuring that CFCs are...
China: Food safety improvements underway
In the 1990s, China emerged as a low-cost exporter of food products such as vegetables, apples, seafood and poultry. But in recent years, China's exports slowed when shipments were rejected for failing to meet stringent standards in Japan, Europe...
US: EPA proposes new alternative automobile AC refrigerants
EPA is proposing to list two refrigerants, HFC-152a and CO2, as acceptable alternatives for motor vehicle air-conditioning systems, provided that the automotive industry complies with the necessary conditions to deploy them in a safe manner. These...
Trends and Figures: Recent History of Russian Air-conditioning Trade
JARN recently published an overview of Russian AC consumption trends, based on a review of "Climate World 2006" held in Moscow last March, and which compensates for previous lack of information on the subject. The historical summary starts around...
Trends and Figures: Increase in AC prices in Asia
According to 2 articles in JARN, the prices of air conditioning are starting to show the effects of the rising raw materials prices, including those of copper, steel and aluminium. There are claims that the prices of these essential metals, in...
LNG Overview
LNG tankers China will produce 5 more LNG tankers. The first Chinese-built LNG tanker was built last year and the second one was launched in Shanghai in June 2006: it cost 160 million USD and can carry 147 000 m3 of LNG at -163°C during...
Briefs: Record-breaking CDM deals in Asia
The Clean Development Mechanism, established under the Kyoto Protocol, is a project and market-based mechanism that allows industrialized countries to invest in greenhouse-gas-mitigating activities in developing countries and earn certified...
Briefs: Linde and The BOC Group
Linde and The BOC Group merged on September 6, 2006, creating a giant industrial gases and engineering corporation called The Linde Group. It will have a turnover of around 12.7 billion € and 53 000 employees worldwide.
Briefs: Parasense
Parasense's refrigerant monitoring has been installed in Europe's largest grocery picking centre: Sainsbury's 10 million GBP grocery picking centre in North West London processes over 15 000 customer orders a week. The Parasense equipment detects...
Events: Cemagref’s anniversary
Cemagref, a French agricultural and environmental engineering research organization and benefactor member of the IIR is 25 years old and held a lecture and ceremony at the Ministry of Research in Paris on October 10, 2006 to mark the occasion....
Events: CIAT hits the road
CIAT's marketing has become highly mobile. In May 2006, a truck left CIAT for a 7-month tour of 40 European cities (in 12 countries) designed to launch new products. CIAT, a corporate member of the IIR, is a French company manufacturer of...
Events: DKV’s Annual Meeting
DKV's Annual Meeting2006 will be held on November 22-24, 2006 at the Dresden Maritim Hotel and Conference Center. Find out more: info@dkv.org
Events: HARFKO 2007
HARFKO 2007 will take place in Seoul on March 21-23, 2007. Register and check out the exhibitors: www.harfko.com/main/main.asp
Out of the ordinary: Arctic village installs air conditioning
Better known for building igloos during hunts on the polar ice, Inuit in the village of Kuujjuaq in Quebec, Canada, about 1500 km north of Montreal, are installing air conditioners. The Kuujjuaq Town Council has purchased 10 air-conditioning units...
Out of the ordinary: tasting robot
A state-of-the-art tasting robot may transform quality and safety checks. Papero, a 60-com robot developed by NEC, is fitted with infrared spectroscopic technology and a processor and software. It can identify foods, list their ingredients and...
Out of the ordinary: Oven or fridge?
TMIO has developed a dual oven/refrigerator that is Internet, cell-phone and telephone controlled. The "Intelligent Oven" makes sure that dinner is ready when you are and refrigerates your meal before and even after it is cooked. TMIO has adapted...
Liquid hydrogen as a transportation fuel
With ever-rising petrol prices and global warming issues, alternative fuels for transportation are high up on the priority list. Hydrogen is already used for this purpose in fuel cell vehicles, but liquid-hydrogen-automobile technology is...
TTI: new developments
Time-Temperature Integrators (TTIs) are "intelligent labels" that simulate bacterial development, as a function of time-and-temperature parameters. As soon as a critical threshold is crossed, a change in colour alerts the consumer that the...
H-fluid as an alternative to HFC-134a?
The new European Directive 2006/40 on emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles - which bans F-gases with a GWP higher than 150 (such as HFC-134a) as of 2011 for new models of cars - and Californian legislation which is putting...
Underground storage of liquid CO2
Dispensing of CO2 by storing it underground usually implies placing it in aquifer rocks deep enough (-800 m) to achieve sufficient pressure to maintain the CO2 in a supercritical (fluid) phase. This approach has many shortcomings as in this form,...
Solar absorption air conditioning
When do you need air conditioning? When it is hot and sunny. This is why Broad Air Conditioning, China, one of the world's largest manufacturers of direct-fired absorption chillers, has been focusing on solar absorption air-conditioning systems...
