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Natural refrigerants drove the global commercial refrigeration market in 2023
According to JARN, natural refrigerants in commercial equipment are gaining popularity, namely driving the demand for equipment renewal in Europe.
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France: An ice rink on the roof of the Montparnasse Tower in Paris.
From 10 February to 5 March 2017, the Panoramic Observation deck of the Montparnasse Tower turns into an ice rink.
Rack-supported freezer gives fast-growing bakery room to rise.
Vieira's Bakery selected pallet racks from Steel King company to increase its storage capacity.
US: innovative technologies to reduce air conditioning costs
Two articles present innovative windows to reduce air conditioning costs.
Black Vanilla Ice Cream.
An ice cream made from pure virgin coconut shell activated charcoal.
HFOs chosen for the renovation of the Channel Tunnel refrigeration system.
The ban of the servicing of R22 equipment led tunnel operators Eurotunnel to consider refrigerants compliant with European HFC phase-down agreements.
Portable “mini-fridge” to maintain vaccine temperature.
A new system, called Isobar, is specifically designed to maintain stable temperature control between 2 and 8°C, up to 30 days.
Utility offers NYC grocery stores incentives to use energy storage for refrigeration.
To better manage the energy demand on the grid during peak times of day, a handful of grocery stores produced ice over night.
Sainsbury’s testing truck cooled by liquid nitrogen engine.
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is currently testing a refrigerated delivery truck cooled by a liquid nitrogen powered engine.
North America: Ice rinks and the phaseout of HCFC-22.
Retrofits in Minnesota and Michigan provide examples of good options.
ASHRAE publishes the Energy Standard 90.4 for Data Centers
Data centers consume significant amounts of electricity. ASHRAE publishes a standard to help builders focus on energy efficiency.
R290 units in Vietnam's cold stores delivering 20-25% efficiency gains over R22.
As part of a UNIDO project implemented in Vietnam, R290 units were installed in four companies to replace previous R22-based systems.
Future developments in magnetocaloric refrigeration and heat pumping.
Summary of a paper presented during the 7th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Thermag VII), available in Fridoc.
Alternative low-GWP refrigerants for transport refrigeration.
Summary of a paper presented during the 12th IIR Gustave Lorentzen conference on Natural refrigerant, available in Fridoc.
A magnetocaloric air-conditioning system for an electric vehicle
Castle Lite’s ice cold campaign.
The South African beer refreshes its image.
The European Commission adopts a proposal for the Europan Union to ratify the Kigali amendment.
The European Commission encourages a swift implementation of the Kigali amendment.
Potential of natural refrigerants in China, the case of the heat pump market.
Chile installs its first CO2 transcritical refrigeration system.
Chila commits to promoting alternatives to HFCs.
Refrigerant safety standards high on global agenda.
At the international level, many discussions are currently focusing on the necessity to revise safety standards in order to adapt them to refrigerants classified as mildly flammable or flammable. China and India invest themselves.
A responsible community, from science to society
IIR newsletter focus, by Philippe Lebrun, President of the General Conference of the IIR
World desiccant wheel market.
A few figures to illustrate the desiccant wheel market.
Permanent ice hotel thanks to solar cooling.
In Northern Sweden, Icehotel 365, a permanent ice hotel, opened in November 2016.
China first refrigerated container train leaves for Moscow.
A new transport link between China and Russia.
China making push to reduce data center energy and water use.
The City of Beijing recently issued a ban on data centers with a power usage effictiveness (PUE) higher than 1.5.
India tests expose AC inefficiencies at higher temperatures
In India, air conditioners are responsible for peak energy consumption in urban districts.
