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Out of ordinary: Oldest Ice Skates?
The oldest pair of skates known date from about 3000 BC and were found at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. They were made from the leg bones of large animals, holes were bored at each end of the bone and leather straps were used to tie the...
Nanotechnoly: what’s new?
Nanotechnology - the manipulation of cell and atomic structure in materials no larger than a billionth of a metre in size - has recently been described by Frank O'Brien-Bernini, Vice President of Owens Corning Science & Technology Center, as...
Magnetic refrigeration: future applications
The magnetocaloric effect was discovered in 1881 and has been used in cryophysics since the 1930s, but thanks to recent developments in material science, this technology can now be used at room temperature. Several projects involving this...
Aerosol-free coooling tower
Climespace, a subsidiary of Suez and Gaz de France that has developed Paris' ice water cooling system, has successfully tested a new system of aero-cooling towers, which eliminates aerosols, a major factor in the spread of legionella bacteria in...
Fridge innovations: Flying fridge
A mobile fridge, recently developed by AirContainer, KTH and SAS Cargo Group and nick-named "the flying refrigerator", is a perfect way to ensure an unbroken food chain as it uses active refrigeration. Previously, refrigerated air freight involved...
Fridge innovations: Bicycle technology
A regular electricity supply is absolutely crucial for the proper operation of refrigerated equipment, but it is not necessarily easy to come by, especially in rural areas or in developing countries. In order to address the problem, the Indian...
Briefs: hub in the Philippines
Haisan resources, a Malaysian logistics group, intends to create a regional hub in the Philippines for the storage of foods under controlled-temperature conditions. Construction is already underway to expand and convert the equipments of Haisan's...
Briefs: Grenco Marine
Grenco Marine has developed the first ammonia/carbon dioxide cascade systems to be used on board fishing vessels. Experience with the Dirk-Dirk (a trawler with a capacity of 235 tons of fish/day) led to the development of a new defrosting process:...
Briefs: Morning dew: a source of drinking water
Researchers at Grenoble CEA, in France, have designed, thanks to a new material, a collector that can collect and condense dew, providing a precious additional source of water, and furthermore, of drinking water. The device is based on the...
Briefs: Heinen
Heinen claims that its new, compact spiral freezer reduces defrosting time and allows longer production periods without defrosting thanks to a programmable air-cooler rinsing system that sprinkles warm water over the air coolers. Another feature...
Briefs: Non-PVC Food Wrap
Diamant Film, a Canadian company, is responding to banning of PVC stretch films used for foods and now has exclusive marketing and distribution rights for its non-PVC films in China, South Korea and Thailand. PVC films contain DEHA, a carcinogenic...
Briefs: Scoop: MooBella
MooBella, a US firm, has launched a high-tech vending machine using computer technology to make ice cream scratch in just 45 seconds. Customers choose from a wide range of combinations, then the ice cream is instantaneously aerated, flavoured and...
Briefs: Fridge Recovery in Australia
A programme consisting in the free recovery of obsolete refrigerators has been running for some months in and around Sydney. The "beer fridge" is considered as much an Aussie institution as rotary clothes lines and barbecues, and according to the...
Mobile Air Conditioning: R&D is intensifying
The Mobile Air-Conditioning sector (MAC) is currently in the news. On January 31, 2006, the European Parliament and the Council reached agreement on a Directive (to be transposed at national level) "relating to emissions from air-conditioning...
Markets: Air Conditioning
- World market trendIn 2000 the world air conditioner market stood at about 41 million units, reaching 58 million units in 2004, and with predictions for 2005 at 60 million. In China, the world market leader, the 2005 market figure...
Markets: Heat Pumps
- Heat pumps hot in Europe According to the Swedish Heat Pump Association, SVEP, the Swedish market for domestic heat pumps has developed greatly over the last ten years, with over 100 000 heat pumps being sold in 2004. Exhaust air heat...
Brief: Crumbling sales in the refrigerated and frozen dough market
Sales in the refrigerated and frozen dough market in the US reached USD 1.3 billion in 2005, excluding Wal-Mart (the country's largest supermarket chain). This is a direct retaliation by manufacturers in the refrigerated/frozen dough market, which...
Brief: Chiller contract for Beijing airport
Direct-fire absorption chillers have been chosen for the air-conditioning project of the Beijing Capital International Airport. Three 7-MW direct-fired absorption chillers using natural gas will be provided by Jiangsu Shuangliang for the No. 3...
Brief: PathogenCombat
PathogenCombat is an EU project designed to combat foodborne diseases and when, why and how these are spread and involves 44 teams from 16 countries. Researchers involved in the project meet regularly at workshops. PathogenCombat's mission is:...
News about IIR Member: Cemagref
Researchers from Cemagref, corporate member of the IIR, in conjunction with the GREThE in Grenoble, and financed by the Agency for the environment and energy management (ADEME), have developed a prototype refrigerating system that allows the...
News about IIR member: Dehon Services
Mr Jean-Michel Naud has been nominated Managing Director of Dehon Services, a corporate member of the IIR. The Dehon Group has decided to reposition its refrigeration business and has set up ClimalifeTM in order to formulate, package and...
Out of the ordinary: Trendy ice bars
- London's first Ice Bar is maintained at a temperature of -5°C. Absolut Vodka and Ice Hotel have joined forces to create an environment with the décor, bar stools and glasses made of ice imported from within the Arctic Circle.
Heat exhangers: what's new?
Nanotechnology: the future of heat exchangers? The US Department of Energy has awarded contracts to improve energy efficiency. One such contract, awarded to TIAX, a technology development company, through the Small Business Innovation...
Cool IT: a new use for CO2
Carbon dioxide offers a new optimum cooling medium for IT facilities. Electrically benign, and therefore non-hazardous to servers and cabling, it is seven times more efficient at cooling than water: CO2 permits reduced volume flows and smaller...
Packaging innovations
Plant-based food packaging Biodegradable packaging looks set to be the way of the future. A sharp rise in demand for natural products and healthier food added to the stability of maize prices versus those of petroleum-based polymers have...
