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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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US: LNG exports expected to drive growth in natural gas trade
The United States is expected to become a net exporter of natural gas by 2018.
Comparison of the nutritional values of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables
Researchers compared nutritional values between frozen, fresh and fresh-stored fruits and vegetables.
China cold chain figures (en anglais)
Over 1 billion of perishable food is consumed in China every year, of this over 50% needs to be transported by cold chain.
One-third of all food produced is lost or wasted along the food chain
A 2017 FAO report stresses that about 670 million tons of food is lost or wasted in high-income countries, and 630 million tons in low- and middle-income countries.
Global markets: natural refrigerants, refrigerated road transport and refrigerated warehousing
Marketsandmarkets and Technavio recently provided projections of the global natural refrigerants market, the global refrigerated road transportation market and the global refrigerated warehousing market for for the next years.
A Norwegian project: Snow for the future
An independent research organisation and a Norwegian university are developing a heat pump system to produce snow, even if the temperature are above freezing.
World air conditioner market
A few statistics on world air conditioner market from JARN.
Data centres electricity consumption expected to soar by 2030
Swedish researchers have estimated the evolution of electricity consumption of data centres until 2030.
The economic advantages of evaporative cooling
ACHR News recently published an article focusing on the advantages of evaporative cooling in commercial buildings.
Performance comparison of R1234yf and R134a
A study published in Applied Thermal Engineering compares the performance of HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf as drop-in alternative in automotive air conditioning systems.
A free guide for copper pipework support and routing
The IoR published a bulletin providing guidance on pipework support methods for copper pipework designed to contain refrigerant.
Natural refrigerant training is gaining traction
Update on natural refrigerant training in Europe and Africa.
A new safety standard for American refrigerators
A new US standard allows household fridges and freezers to use up to 150 grams of hydrocarbon refrigerants instead of the current limit of 57 grams.
France: a government decision sets a time limit for the use of equipment leaking fluorinated greenhouse gases (in French)
A French decision states that from July 1, 2017, the use of equipment leaking fluorinated greenhouse gases will be limited to 4 days.
What are the options for companies still using R22?
An article published in the British ACR Journal discusses the options available to companies still using R22 refrigerant.
Individual quick frozen vegetables global market
A projection of the IQF vegetables global market for the 2015-2025 period.
Techniques of humidification in data centres
An interesting overview of the recent improvement in data centres humidification techniques.
Food safety: the problems caused by condensation
Some advice to prevent or remove condensation, often involved in food contamination.
IIR member news: Embraco's Position Paper on refrigerants used in light commercial refrigeration
Compressor manufacturer Embraco publishes a "Position Paper" to assess the transitory solutions towards low GWP refrigerants.
Modelling energy use in a frozen food supermarket
A study presents a simulation used to model energy consumption in a frozen food supermarket in United Kingdom.
France: A study on leak detection systems
A study focuses on two ways to detect refrigerant leaks: gas detectors and expert systems.
A solar-plus-ice-battery-storage system at Palm Springs Cultural Center
Ice Energy and Horizon Solar Power have completed the installation of a solar-plus-ice-battery-storage system at Palm Springs Cultural Center in California.
A technical day to present the evolutions of the Certicold Pharma label
On March 22, 2017, the CEMAFROID group gathered health stakeholders for a technical day dedicated to the Certicold Pharma label.
Focus on the role of humidification and dehumidification in HVAC&R
An article recently published on the website HVAC&R online clarifies the differences between those two industries and develops their respective applications.
HCFC phase-out and HFC phase-down discussed by African Ozone Officers (en anglais)
At the end of March 2017, fifty National Ozone Officers met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to review challenges related to the phase-out of HCFCs and the phase-down of HFCs.
