Refrigeration sector monitoring

Passive cooling by combining evaporation, radiation and insulation

ICER, a new passive cooling technique, can extend food shelf life by 40% in humid climates and 200% in dry climates with low water-refilling frequences. 

• Publication date : 2022/10/27

New process combining cryogenic freezing and MAP

Air Products Freshline® Superfresh is a new methodology which combines cryogenic freezing with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) in a specific way to extend the life and quality of food products.

• Publication date : 2015/04/19

Combining thermal energy storage and heat pumps

A borehole thermal energy storage (TES) system, used in conjunction with heat pumps is designed to heat and cool buildings at the north campus of the University of Ontario (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

• Publication date : 2013/10/11

Optical cavity cooling: a quantic leap for optical refrigeration?

A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have combined laser cooling technology with nano-physics, and have discovered a revolutionary way of bringing a semi-conductor nano-membrane’s temperature down to -269°C.

• Publication date : 2012/07/31

PCM2016 conference: TBAB hydrate slurry based latent heat thermal storage system

Combining latent heat thermal storage with night time generation of TBAB hydrate slurry can significantly reduce the investment cost of systems for cooling purposes.

• Publication date : 2016/07/08

New in cooling tower technology.

This process offers greater safety and efficiencies combining the best of wet and dry cooling tower technologies.

• Publication date : 2016/01/19
• Subjects: Technology

Solar-powered cold storage for Indonesian fishing villages

A solution combining solar power, thermal-energy storage and an ultra-efficient compressor package is being implemented in two locations in Indonesia

• Publication date : 2012/11/14

Heat pump and ice storage for heating and cooling an energy neutral German office building

Schnepf, a German company, has designed its new 2,500 m2 office building with an innovative energy concept, combining ice storage, a heat pump and solar energy.

• Publication date : 2018/05/09

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.

• Publication date : 2013/07/02

A new non-flammable mixture to boost the performance of CO2 systems

In a recent IJR article, researchers propose combining R744 with Dimethyl-ether (DME) to boost system performance while ensuring safety and low environmental impact, in a recent IJR...

• Publication date : 2024/02/26
• Subjects: Technology

The 15th annual Earth Technologies Forum and Mobile Air Conditioning Summit took place on April 13-15, 2004 in Washington DC.

The annual Earth Technologies Forum conference evolved from the International Conference on Ozone Protection Technologies and the International Climate Change Conference & Technologies Exhibition. It provides a comprehensive programme and...

• Publication date : 2004/05/18

239 UK supermarkets are now using natural refrigerants

In its Chilling Facts latest report, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found that, in UK, 239 stores are now using natural refrigerants – mainly CO2 and hydrocarbons – up from 46 last year and 14 three years ago. EIA surveyed...

• Publication date : 2011/08/16

AC Market in Europe

According to Daikin Industries Ltd., the European air-conditioning (AC) market has features that could appear as commercial obstacles, including relatively mild climate, even in Mediterranean areas. Concern for cityscape issues leads to resistance...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

Cemagref and EdF

Cemagref and EdF, benefactor members of the IIR, have signed an agreement in the fields of water management and refrigeration. Both organizations are involved in sediment management and are combining forces to address the European Framework...

• Publication date : 2005/10/26

TTI: new developments

Time-Temperature Integrators (TTIs) are "intelligent labels" that simulate bacterial development, as a function of time-and-temperature parameters. As soon as a critical threshold is crossed, a change in colour alerts the consumer that the...

• Publication date : 2006/11/15

LHC accelerating science

The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN was steered around the full 27 km of the world's most powerful particle accelerator on September 10, 2008, in Geneva. Beams of protons circulating in opposite directions are to be brought into...

• Publication date : 2008/10/25

Cryogenics: Ed

Ed, a discount grocery operating in France, does not use pallets in dual-temperature trucks to deliver products from its 8 warehouses to its 800 retail outlets. Instead, Ed has opted for a cryogenic refrigeration system combining carbon dioxide...

• Publication date : 2007/05/04

Micro-Innovation

Mechanical engineers at Purdue University have created a miniature device that aims to replace conventional evaporators. Cited as a "long-term solution" in technological advances, the use of existing technical know-how for the refrigeration loop...

• Publication date : 2005/07/19

CO2 technology for ice-skating rinks

Nowadays, the use of large amounts of ammonia in public places is restricted by regulations in several countries, for safety reasons. Hence, new skating rinks with direct ammonia systems can no longer be built, although it is thought that they...

• Publication date : 2004/11/19

R&D

The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a new air-conditioning system combining membranes, evaporative coolers and desiccants into a single device with the objective to suit to all climates,...

• Publication date : 2011/02/07

The cooling industry awards 2004: celebrating excellence in environmentally friendlier cooling

The very first Cooling Industry Awards was organized by Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) magazine on September 15, 2004. It proved to be a success as nearly 400 RAC professionals from across the industry and major end-users were present....

• Publication date : 2004/11/19

Solar Air conditioning

With high summer temperatures, air-conditioning and thermal comfort are increasingly important issues, but raise the challenges of high energy consumption and of environmental consequences. Three recent projects use solar energy to operate...

• Publication date : 2007/08/05

Chillers: efficiency takes off

Chillers are key refrigerating systems since, according to the Department of Energy, in the US, they account for about 13% of the power consumed by the nation's buildings and 9% of the overall demand for electric power. Examples below illustrate...

• Publication date : 2008/10/25

Slight increase in global LNG trade in 2020

Global LNG trade continued to grow in 2020 albeit at a slower pace than the previous year. Meanwhile, orders for LNG-powered vessels have increased significantly.

• Publication date : 2021/10/22
• Subjects: Figures, economy

New record for LNG trade in 2018.

Synthesis of the main trends and figures related to the LNG industry. Data based on the 2019 IGU World LNG Report presented at the 19th International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas, which was co-organised by the IIR and took...

• Publication date : 2019/04/30
• Subjects: Figures, economy