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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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Cryolypolysis: removing fat cells by cooling
Cryolipolysis: Fat reduction really gets under the skin.
New R32 air-conditioning unit for Europe
Daikin announces Europe to see first air conditioning heat pump using the "slightly flammable" R32 refrigerant ...
The Chinese cold chain logistics market is expanding fast
In recent years in China, annual demand for cold chain logistics for the food industry rose to 100 million tons and annual growth has been over 8%.
London to Sydney in 5 hours?
Reaction Engines Ltd. of Oxfordshire, England, is one of the companies working on flights of the future. Its concept A2 airplane is to combine extremely advanced liquid-hydrogen technology with environmental friendliness.
ICCC2013 highlights: FRISBEE input: a quality, energy and environmental assessment tool for the European cold chain
In the framework of the EU-FP7 FRISBEE project – in which the IIR is involved –, QEEAT, a software tool was developed to assess food quality and safety evolution, energy usage and CO2 emission of different refrigeration technologies along the...
LNG to replace diesel fuel for locomotives?
BNSF will be testing a small number of locomotives using LNG as an alternative fuel to diesel later this year.
Solar cooling for large buildings in South Africa
A solar cooling solution to reduce energy costs for large buildings by combining high-efficiency chillers with hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) technologies has been introduced in South Africa.
Air conditioner for data centers sales on the rise
The sales volume of air conditioners for data centres reached 84 000 units in the 4th quarter of 2012, indicating 18% year-on-year growth.
Modern technology permits economical refrigerated shipments
The number of refrigerated shipments, and thus the number of refrigerated containers, has risen worldwide in recent years. Hamburg Süd is optimizing the use of cooling energy and will reduce the energy consumption of its reefer containers by 15%...
The latest in laptop cooling technology
The latest developments in laptop cooling technology are based on liquid cooling systems which are thermally more efficient than regular air-based systems. In the past, liquid cooling was not a practical option for laptops because there wasn’t...
Optimizing frost-free refrigerators
A team from the Federal University of Paraná and the Federal University of Technology – Paraná in Brazil has modelled and optimized a frost-free refrigerator aimed at both cost and energy savings.
Phantom Eye completes its second flight
A liquid-hydrogen-powered unmanned spy plane from Boeing’s Phantom Works has successfully completed its second test flight.
Refrigerant contamination
In its "White Paper: Reports of R134a Contaminated with R40 and Other Refrigerants”, AHRI suggests that in addition to R40 and R22, R142b, R152a, and R12 have also been found mixed with R134a in newly filled refrigerant cylinders marked as...
Air conditioning has cut premature deaths on hot days in US by 80% since 1960
A new study by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has concluded that air conditioning played a key role in the reduction of the mortality risk associated with high...
The air-conditioning market in India
Trends suggest there is immense potential here, thanks to currently low market penetration combined with high growth figures.
Household refrigerators: HFO performance as drop-in replacement for R-134a
During the IIR co-sponsored International Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Conference at Purdue in 2012, K.M Karber et al. from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States, presented* the results of a performance test on R1234yf and R1234ze,...
Cold storage capacity in the USA
According to the 2012 IARW Cold Storage Report, with 112 million m3, the USA has the largest cold-storage capacity of any single country in the world.
LNG to power locomotives in North America
As LNG prices drop, it is foreseeable that more railroad operators around the world will start looking at LNG as an alternative fuel for their locomotives.
Cold storage capacity in Australia
In 2007, the total number of cold stores amounted to 32 000, 30% of which were in farms. Most existing facilities in the state are currently operating at full capacity after a substantial decline in business between 2008 and 2010.
Europe: 1st quarter 2013 HVAC-R market trends
Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI) has just released the latest trends for the European HVAC&R market.
The RFID in the cold chain market
The total RFID on the cold chain market globally is likely to see growth of 27.5% between 2012 and 2017.
Refrigerated warehouse capacity and urban development
Among other data, the 2012 IARW Global Cold Storage Capacity Report focuses on the relationship between refrigerated warehouse capacities and urban population levels.
Global cold storage capacity in 2012
According to the 2012 IARW Global Cold Storage Capacity Report, the total capacity of refrigerated warehouses was estimated at 460 million m3 in 2012. Total capacity increased roughly by 10 million m3 over 2010.
Forecasts concerning global demand for commercial refrigeration
According to a recent market report by Freedonia, global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is forecast so rise by 4.6% annually until 2016 and reach around USD 32 billion.
Employment in the French refrigeration sector
A recent study by AGEFOS PME, a socio-economic monitoring centre, has provided data on the French refrigeration sector and its employees. The sector comprises 1900 companies and employs 25 700 persons.
