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Solar refrigeration solution designed to support life on the moon
In 2012, the prestigious NASA Commercial Innovation of the Year was bestowed on a solar refrigeration solution designed to support life on the moon, but has huge application on Earth. With approximately 2 billion of Earth’s inhabitants without...
High expansion potential for district cooling in Europe and in the Middle East
According to RESCUE, the small market share of district cooling (DC) in Europe (below 2%) represents the equivalent of less then 3 TWh of cooling energy, which clearly makes it a market with high expansion potential. With temperatures ranging...
Nitrogen for transport refrigeration systems
Today the refrigerated transport sector above all uses a diesel-fuelled refrigeration units. Several refrigeration companies such as Casino, Safeway, Woolworth, Nisa, ASDA are proactively trying to reduce their carbon footprints.
Reducing food waste through improved use of home freezers
UK consumers currently throw away at least 800 000 tonnes (worth GBP 2 billion) of food each year, due to it ‘not being used in time’, much of which could have been frozen to eat at a later date. Reasons why foods are thrown away rather than...
The potential of LNG as a marine fuel will hinge on pricing
The potential for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to become a marine fuel on a mass scale is now a very real prospect and some experts predict that LNG will be the dominant shipping fuel by 2050.
Global energy demand is predicted to grow by more than one-third over the period to 2035
Global energy demand will grow by more than one-third over the period to 2035 according to IEA with China, India and the Middle East accounting for 60% of the increase.
EU Directive 2012/27 on energy efficiency.
On October 25, 2012, the European Union adopted the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures for the promotion of energy efficiency within the EU.
Automated order picking of fresh produce at Eroski
Eroski has become the first supermarket chain in Spain to automate its fresh produce order picking.
Benefits of thermal energy storage
The use of thermal storage, coupled to a refrigeration unit, allows the user to reduce the cooling capacity of installed units, to lower operating costs and electric bills, to increase plant reliability and to provide an effective solution for...
IJR highlights: impacts of refrigerant charge on system performance
A team from Purdue University recently published* in the International Journal of Refrigeration a study showing the impact of charge level on capacity and efficiency for several heat-pump and air-conditioning units tested at various refrigerant...
Solar cooling potential in Spain
During the IIR-co-sponsored EuroSun 2012 conference, Carrera et al. presented the results of a study about the potential of solar thermal energy to supply heating, domestic hot water and cooling in the residential and tertiary Spanish buildings...
Indian domestic refrigerator market in 2012
The Indian domestic refrigerator market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% in the near future
Indian cold chain figures
Indian cold chain market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 25%!
Indian HVAC market
Commercial refrigeration represents 78% of the Indian air-conditioning market
District cooling: Copenhagen, home of the largest absorption chiller cooling
A recent report by the City of Copenhagen, home of the largest absorption chiller cooling, network gives a glimpse of its district cooling system which uses seawater and surplus heat from the district heating network (through absorption cooling...
CO2 for transport refrigeration systems
A paper presented during the 10th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference held in Delft in 2012 summarizes developments on cryogenic solutions for refrigerated vehicles using liquid CO2 in an open cycle system.
Huge energy savings thanks to Mexican standards for domestic fridges
A recent article by researchers from the Autonomous University of Mexico City presents an assessment of the savings achieved since the introduction of recent national official standards setting maximum energy use caps. This paper can be downloaded...
New data-centre figures
According to a study by DatacenterDynamics, global data centre power use in 2011 was 31 GW, roughly 2% of global power use. These figures were projected to increase by 19% in 2012.
New HFO/CO2 blends in the pipeline
The refrigeration and air-conditioning sector has long been divided into two distinct camps, that promoting natural refrigerants and that developing low-GWP fluorocarbons. But could this be about to change?
Solar perspectives for cooling in the Gulf
Air conditioning is claimed to account for 60% of the energy consumption in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and various options for lowering the air-conditioning energy demand are being considered.
Controversy over R1234yf: EC confirms enforcement of MAC Directive by January 1, 2013
Despite the safety concerns expressed by Daimler and calls for an additional moratorium in the refrigerant transition schedule, the EC restated on December 20, 2012, that “the MAC Directive will be fully enforced as of January 1, 2013”
Potential for an HFC phase-down in Europe
A recent report by SKM ENVIROS carried out on behalf of EPEE has investigated the potential costs and the reduced greenhouse gas emissions from an HFC consumption phase-down on the EU refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump (RAC) markets.
Figuring out frozen food growth rates in Europe
According to Swiss research firm Food for Thought (FFT), European frozen food consumption in 2012 (14,456 million tonnes) is up 14% from 2010 (12,663 million in 2010).
India’s capacity to leapfrog HFCs
A paper* presented by Non Governmental Organizations during MOP-24 in Geneva describes preliminary results of a project to explore the business case in India for avoiding high-GWP HFCs in new room air conditioners and motor vehicle air...
Cooling cardiac arrest patients improves survival
Research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2012 demonstrates that cooling patients resuscitated after sudden cardiac arrest in order to achieve a lower body temperature increases survival.
