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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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Global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment to rise.
The demand is predicted to benefit from strong growth in some of the world’s largest developing nations.
Europe: 4th quarter 2012 HVAC-R market trends
Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI) has just released the latest trends for the European HVAC&R market.
More refrigerated trucks on the road in China
It is estimated that USD 31.7 billion will be invested in setting up cold chain logistic in China in the near future
Global chiller sales trends in 2012
According to BSRIA, the world chiller market is very likely to experience a slight dip in value in 2012 related to the overall global economic situation.
GL2012 highlights: Experience from the Danish regulation on fluorinated gas
In 2001 and 2002, Denmark introduced a national regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases: they were banned for certain purposes and a tax of DKK 100 (around 13 €) per tonne of CO2 equivalents was imposed on the importation of HFC/PFC/SF6....
Active, intelligent and smart packaging sales trends
Visiongain, a business information provider, forecasts that increasing health awareness, rising food and safety concerns and improved purchasing power in emerging economies will drive growth on the active, intelligent and smart packaging market.
Wales to launches its own deep freeze ahead of the Six Nations Championship
Wales is to build a cryotherapy chamber at its rugby training base near Cardiff in time for next year’s Six Nations Championship.
Global cooling tower market forecast to reach 2.6 billion USD by 2018
According to a recent report by Global Industry Analysts Inc., the global market for cooling towers is projected to reach USD 2.6 billion by 2018, driven by improving economic conditions and more stringent environmental regulations.
China and Vietnam get funding support to phase out HCFCs
The World Bank recently approved a grant of USD 73 million from the Multilateral Fund to China to support its efforts to phase out HCFC consumption and production.
Assessing the effects of CO2 cryocapture
According to Physicists at the University of Oregon, refrigerating coal plant emissions would reduce CO2 emissions by 90%, and reduce levels of other dangerous chemicals such as SO2 and Mercury, but would raise electricity costs by about 25%.
MegaFood Park to be launched in India
India is continuing its roll-out of food and drink processing hubs. Another Mega Food Park site is to be launched in Malipada in the state of Odisha.
New Zealand’s 2nd transcritical CO2 supermarket has opened its doors
In less than one month, two New Zealand supermarkets featuring transcritical (TC) CO2 refrigeration technology have opened.
R32 vs HFOs as alternatives to R410A
During the IIR-co-sponsored 14thInternational Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, USA, in July 2012, H. Pham and R. Rajendran presented the results of an evaluation of R32, HFO1234yf, HFO1234ze and various HFO blends as...
Cold Train in the USA
Launched in early 2010, the "Cold Train" Pacific Northwest-Chicagoland Express Refrigerated Intermodal Service operates in partnership with BNSF and the Port of Quincy, Washington.
Status and potential applications of thermal energy storage in China, Japan and South Korea
During the 10th IIR Conference on PCMs and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning held in Kobe, Japan, the status and potential applications of thermal energy storage in China, Japan and South Korea was presented
GL2012 highlights: technologies needed in order to raise uptake of natural refrigerants
Prof. Pega Hrnjak presented technologies that could advance the position of major natural refrigerants at the 2012 Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants. He claims that hydrocarbons, ammonia and CO2 could become strong contenders for...
Frozen produces less CO2 emissions than chilled food
A scientific report by Bristol-based Refrigeration Developments and Testing Ltd. suggests that frozen food emits less CO2 emissions than chilled food, contrary to popular belief.
Dalian builds China’s first CO2/NH3 cascade cold storage logistics base
China is building the largest cold storage logistics base for aquatic products in Dalian, Northeast China. The 200 000-tonne, RMB 1 billion (roughly 128 million €) cold store is said to be the first large-scale cold storage logistics base adopting...
Cryotherapy state-of-the-art and challenges in Poland
In a presentation entitled Cryotherapy State-of-the-art and Challenges in Poland, Dr M. Chorowski covers many aspects of cryotherapy and cryosurgery in Poland.
Global CO2 emissions reach all-time high in 2011
Global CO2 emissions rose by 3% in 2011 to a new record of 34 billion tonnes, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).
Recent trends in data centre cooling
Currently, keeping computer systems cool accounts for 70% of a data centre’s non-IT energy consumption. With the data centre industry growing by 12% annually, saving energy required for cooling is becoming a crucial issue and new options are being...
LG unveils world's largest home refrigerator
LG Electronics claims to have launched the world's largest home refrigerator. It has 4 doors and an internal storage capacity of 910 litres, this being 40 litres more than the largest previously existing models.
GL2012 highlights: Performance analysis of ice rinks to cut down energy use
A comparison between two Swedish ice rinks shows a roughly 33% difference in terms of energy consumption
European Union: fall in HFC usage in 2011
According to the recent European Environment Agency (EEA) “Fluorinated greenhouse gases 2011” summary on data reported under the “F-Gas Regulation”, F-gas production (-5% in weight), imports (-6%) and intra-EU sales (-12%) of F-gases fell between...
A blueprint HCFC and CFC phase-out regulation in France
French owners of refrigerating equipmement might have to cease all use of HCFCs before late 2017.
