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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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Climate control for your desk
We are used to taking command of our personal climate in planes and cars by using simple controls. Why not in buildings too? A study of the effect of installing individual air-conditioning vents at office desks, and putting controls at each...
Superconductivity for aircrafts?
NASA recently published plans for the development of aircraft using superconductivity for a time frame around 2030. This could allow for noise reduction, improved carbon footprint and energy savings. The main advantage of HTS machines is that they...
Briefs: Is air conditioning good for health?
Air conditioning (AC) could blunt the ill effects of air pollution, according to a recent study by Bell et al. from Yale University, published in Epidemiology in September 2009. The study investigated the short-term effects of particulate matter...
Briefs: District cooling in Saudi Arabia
MODON signed an agreement with National Tri-Generational CHP Company (NTCC) to provide the Jeddah 2nd Industrial City with a district cooling service system. The system will provide the industrial city about 352 MW of district cooling services and...
Briefs: First Spain-UK refrigerated railway line
Stobart Rail, a branch of leading UK transport Stobart Group and British DB Schenker Rail recently launched temperature-controlled intermodal services from Valencia to the UK via the Channel Tunnel. This is a unique example of a single rail...
Briefs: Africa's first bio-bank
South Africa's first bio-bank, a cold storage facility where samples from HIV clinical trials and other diseases can be stored for years to support future medical research, was launched recently. The state-of-the-art facility in Johannesburg is...
Briefs: Chameleon tiles for energy savings
It is a well-known fact that dark surfaces absorb the sun's heat, whereas white surfaces reflect it. US Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, considers that turning all roofs white would eliminate as much greenhouse gas emissions in 20 years as the...
Briefs: Chilled beams take off
Several MIT buildings now boast what looks like slim, fin-tubed radiators in ceiling cavities. These cooling devices are chilled beams. They use water, not air, to remove heat from a room. The potential energy reduction of using chilled beams...
Briefs: AHR Exposition Award
This year the winner of AHR Exposition Award was Delphi Corp.'s innovative micro channel evaporator, capable of performing both cooling and heating functions for residential or commercial settings. It is highly efficient as it uses a compact...
Green cooling solutions for the Olympics
VANOC, the Vancouver Organizing Committee (www.Vancouver2010.com), claims that these Olympics are the greenest ever and there are whole lists of environmentally friendlier features in the venues. And...
News from Copenhagen
The COP-15 Conference on Climate Change is finished. In spite of numerous lengthy discussions, no real progress has been made towards future agreements. Far more Heads of States were present and delivering statements than at past United Nations...
Markets and figures: heat pump market
The heat pump market is growing fast, especially in Europe and in Asia: - In Europe, a recent report from Frost & Sullivan found that the heat pump market - covering commercial, residential, public and industrial applications - earned over €...
Markets and figures: Australia
According to EcoLibrium, no less than 29 million air-conditioning and refrigeration devices are used in Australia, which represents 1.33 devices per inhabitant and 45@000 GWh of electricity, i.e. 22% of national consumption; 40 Mt CO2e are...
Markets and figures: India - cold storage shortage
A recent report by KPMG and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) points out the massive shortfall in cold storage facilities for India's agricultural produce by more than 10 million tons: only about 21.7 million...
Briefs: MAC news
Following a request of the European Automobile Manufacturer's Association for a 2-year delay, European Industry Commissioner G. Verheugen has confirmed that from January 1, 2011, no new EU type approvals for passenger cars and light-commercial...
Briefs: Doubt on the air quality in airplanes
The Committee on Toxicity, an independent group of experts consulted by the British government estimated that 1% of all daily passenger air flights were affected by smoke incidents in the cabin, and airlines acknowledge 0.05%. in the United States...
Briefs: Middle East - DuPont expresses anger over counterfeit R22 and R134a refrigerants
DuPont has set up a task force to help local authorities deal with refrigerant counterfeits in the Middle East, it claims are potentially harmful. Pascal Faidy, business manager at DuPont Fluorochemical Refrigerants, claims they were dangerous for...
Briefs: Financial benefits of frozen food highlighted
A study commissioned by the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) and conducted by the Manchester Food Research Centre concluded that it was more cost-effective for foodservice establishments to buy prepared frozen alternatives, rather than to...
Briefs: Russia
The 8th International Specialized Exhibition Cryogen-Expo will be held on November 10-12, 2009 by the Exhibition Company Mir-Expo and under the auspices of the IIR, the International Academy of Refrigeration and the Ukrainian Association of...
Briefs: Vth Spanish Congress
The Vth Spanish Congress and IIIrd Ibero-American Congress on Refrigeration Science and Technology - CYTEF 2009 were held on September 23-25, 2009 at the University Jaume I of Castellon, Spain. 120 researchers from 12 countries took part. 85...
Africa: First Ozone village in Africa
The Nigerian government announced in August 2009 that it intends to build a revolutionary ozone village in Ogun State. The project will feature locally manufactured prototype ozone-friendly systems, CFC recovery and recycling, and hydrocarbon...
Africa: a project to replace CFC chillers in Africa
A new UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) joint project aims at replacing chillers in several African countries. A survey conducted in Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Senegal and Sudan, identified...
News from the space: ammonia air conditioning for International Space Station
Astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery completed a 6-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station in September 2009, installing a new ammonia refrigerant tank. They removed an 816 kg ammonia tank from a cargo carrier attached to the...
News from the space: Hubble
Following repairs to its cooling system, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, uncovering new worlds, peering deeper into space, and mapping the invisible backbone of the universe. The first images from the refurbished Hubble showcase...
Out of the ordinary: Ötzi
Ötzi's last days are turning into a 5000-year-old murder case. New investigations by researchers have established the chronology of the injuries that Ötzi, the glacier man preserved as a frozen mummy, sustained in his last days. It has now been...
