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Ozone-depleting chemicals detected by scientists in the atmosphere in 1951 – decades earlier than expected
An international team led by the University of Bremen, Germany, has uncovered evidence of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere as early as 1951. This finding pushes back the known...
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MAC: SAE considers R1234yf as “safe and effective” and AC5 and AC6 blends as “technically credible”
The SAE International Cooperative Research Project team has concluded that “R1234yf refrigerant is safe and effective to use in automotive applications. It also concluded that “based on a detailed fault tree analysis, AC6 offers a risk profile...
CO2 is gaining ground in North-American supermarkets
In Canada, according to the shecco “GUIDE 2013: Natural Refrigerants - Market Growth for North America,”over 65 food-retail stores use or have made a purchase order for CO2 secondary, cascade, or transcritical refrigeration systems. CO2 is also...
Ohrid conference highlights: ammonia refrigeration in China
Over 92% of Chinese cold stores have adopted ammonia as a refrigerant. Over 92% of Chinese cold stores have adopted ammonia as a refrigerant. According to Jianji Zhang, series reciprocating compressors are currently the most widely used due to...
Newly introduced Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levy in New-Zealand
On July 1, 2013 the Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (SGG) Levy entered into force in New Zealand and applies to a range of goods including freezers, fridges and air conditioners.
Chinese demand for air conditioners and refrigerators will continue to grow
According to the China Refrigerant Compressor Industry Report, 2013-2016 released by Sino Market Insight, till 2016, Chinese demand for air conditioners and refrigerators will reach 124 million units and 113 million units respectively.
New magnetic nanocooling technology decreases the environmental impact of cooling and avoids side effects of magnetic fields on electronics
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK, and CICnanoGUNE in Spain have developed new cooling technology for the thermal management of computer chips and other miniaturized devices. It utilizes materials that change temperature when...
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.
