Refrigeration sector monitoring

The incidence of foodborne infections in France

A report, dated May 10, 2004, from the French Health Monitoring Agency (InVS) evaluated, from the analysis of available data, the incidence of foodborne infections in France. Over 200 diseases of bacterial, viral and parasitic or toxic origin are...

• Publication date : 2004/07/15

EU figures reveal big increase in listeriosis and a marked drop in Salmonella infections

Listeria infections in the EU were up 19% in 2009, resulting in 270 deaths from listeriosis. The annual figures on food borne pathogens from European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) gave a...

• Publication date : 2011/06/09

Brazil: 94.5% employability rate for trained professionals in the refrigeration sector

The refrigeration course offered by the SENAI, the National Service of Industrial Learning in Brazil, has a 94.5% employability rate for its graduates.

• Publication date : 2024/11/06
• Subjects: Figures, economy

Refrigeration technologies help preserve biodiversity

The role of refrigeration in biodiversity protection is illustrated by two examples: the cryopreservation of coral larvae and the use of refrigeration to fight bee colony collapse.

• Publication date : 2019/05/29
• Subjects: Environment, General information

High-efficiency inverter scroll compressors

Summary of an interesting paper from the 2016 Purdue Conference on compressors.

• Publication date : 2017/03/08

Canada: CFIA Standardization of Food Safety Practices

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently announced plans to standardize its inspection practices to keep up with the changing food safety landscape.

• Publication date : 2012/08/16
• Subjects: Regulation

How to reuse the condensate water from air conditioners?

Review of the different uses of the condensate water rejected by air conditioners.

• Publication date : 2020/09/04
• Subjects: Developing country

COVID-19 news in the HVAC&R sector

The IIR reviews the available information on the possible impact of air conditioning on the spread of COVID-19 and the recommendations for the operation and maintenance of HVAC systems. Furthermore, several...

• Publication date : 2020/04/05

Refrigeration and COVID-19: list of resources

List of resources (guides, recommendations, information) regularly updated concerning the COVID-19 and the refrigeration sector.

• Publication date : 2020/05/26

Invasion of a Body Snatcher

New research by French scientists has revealed how Listeria monocytogenes can activate the cellular transport machinery that transports viruses and small molecules and proteins and use it to invade cells and hide from the body's immune system....

• Publication date : 2005/11/23

ICR2007: CO2 in the limelight

Among the 876 papers presented at the IIR International Congress of Refrigeration in Beijing, 82 were on CO2 as a refrigerant or secondary fluid. Many dealt with new components for CO2, the lack of such components being currently still one of the...

• Publication date : 2007/11/20

Refrigeration, a key player to eradicate malaria

Refrigeration techniques have been used to develop and preserve the very first malaria vaccine, which has been administered to almost 2 million children since 2019.

• Publication date : 2024/04/25
• Subjects: Developing country

ICR2019: overview of current refrigeration research topics (part IV)

Energy storage, desiccant air conditioning, high-temperature heat pumps and ejector technologies were some of the salient topics of the latest IIR Congress. Continuation of the synthesis of key presentations of ICR2019.

• Publication date : 2019/10/30

Cool eggs

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that 30 deaths and 79000 foodborne illnesses due to consumption of eggs infected with Salmonella Enteritidis occur annually. New food safety requirements designed to address this issue...

• Publication date : 2011/02/11

Cooling to heal

Therapeutic hypothermia cools the body of patients who have suffered brain damage to a moderate temperature (between 32°C and 34°C) in order to slow the deterioration process.

• Publication date : 2014/11/24

Brief: Frozen fertility

Women over 30 who have not yet met the man they would like to spend the rest of their lives with and have children before their fertility plummets can now freeze their eggs while waiting for "Mr Right" to come along. The peace of mind comes with a...

• Publication date : 2004/11/10

Mele Kaliki Cool!

An USD 3-4 million dollar deep-seawater cooling system is to form part of a USD 100 million redevelopment project underway in Hawaii to meet the island's air-conditioning requirements. The system, to be designed by the Honolulu Board of Water...

• Publication date : 2005/07/19

Out of the ordinary: ice cream

A group of New Zealand scientists has developed a new therapeutic to help cancer patients recover from chemotherapy. Development of the ice cream, named ReCharge, began 8 years ago with the formation of LactoPharma, a collaborative research...

• Publication date : 2010/05/27

Briefs: First MAC system using an ejector

Denso Corporation has developed the world's first passenger mobile air-conditioning system that uses ejector technology. The ejector, which is a small refrigerant injector, was installed on the new Prius introduced by Toyota in May 2009. According...

• Publication date : 2009/08/13

The French Health Protection Agency (InVS) warns against Legionella outbreaks

In an official statement dated July 2004, the French Health Protection Agency called for vigilance with regards to the risk of Legionella outbreaks during summer 2004. In 2003, 1044 legionella cases were recorded in France and 129 patients died....

• Publication date : 2004/09/14

Briefs: 72 bacterial species identified in domestic refrigerators

French agency, AFSSA (Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments) recently conducted a microbiological study on 2 types of refrigeration installations related to domestic food consumption: refrigerated display cabinets and domestic...

• Publication date : 2010/03/07

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

Indoor climate: benefits

A study led by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), tends to show that improved indoor climate also improves school results. According to the ICIEE (International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy), three experiments in which...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

Autonomous systems for refrigerated transport

The refrigerated transport sector is looking for solutions to reduce fuel consumption, refrigerant emissions and noise emissions. - Autonomous systems cooled by cryogenic secondary coolants offer alternatives. A system developed in Germany uses...

• Publication date : 2009/02/25

Underground storage of liquid CO2

Dispensing of CO2 by storing it underground usually implies placing it in aquifer rocks deep enough (-800 m) to achieve sufficient pressure to maintain the CO2 in a supercritical (fluid) phase. This approach has many shortcomings as in this form,...

• Publication date : 2006/11/15