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New framework aims to standardise research on evaporative cooling technologies
Evaporative cooling is gaining increasing attention as an energy-efficient alternative to conventional air conditioning. A new scientific study by an international team of researchers, including Anna Pacak,...
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Briefs: LCCP
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute (ARTI) has opened bidding for a new research project to establish a standardized methodology to calculate the Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) for stationary heating, ventilation,...
Briefs: UNEP
The UNEP HCFC phase-out and mobile air-conditioning project has two components: - "JumpStart" project to encourage developing countries to expedite their compliance with the HCFC phase-out obligations and to adopt environmentally friendly...
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...
Out of the ordinary: trapped cat
A cat has survived despite being trapped for at least a month in a frozen food warehouse which operates at -33°C. Frosty, as the cat has been appropriately named, had lost one ear and vets had to amputate his other ear and his tail after the...
Optical refrigeration
A team in New Mexico University has created the first-ever optical cryocooler that could be applied to airborne and spaceborne sensors. It uses optical refrigeration which could enable miniaturization, an alternative to bulky mechanical...
Refrigeration’s contribution to CCS
Led by IFP (France), the European research project Cocate - which brings together 8 other research and industrial partners worldwide for a budget of 4.5 million € - tackles the problems of rolling out a shared transportation infrastructure capable...
Cryogenic applications: cryogenic system to recover volatile organic compounds
In 2007, in France alone 12 000 tonnes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were released from service stations, i.e. 1% of all such emissions in France. VOCs from service stations are detrimental to health and the environment and increasingly...
Cryogenic applications: India
India is developing semi-cryogenic propulsion technology using kerosene as a propellant to enhance its capability to launch satellites in the 6-tonne class. The technology utilizes liquid oxygen and aviation-grade kerosene instead of liquid...
Cryogenic applications: Spar Netherlands is implementing CO2 refrigerated transport units
The contract was awarded following a successful testing period during which Thermo Kingfs innovative CryoTech CO2 cooling units were tested for operational and environmental performance. Spar has already begun using the innovative technology and...
CO2 supermarkets: Tesco
Designed as Tesco's first zero-carbon store, the new store at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, UK, is completely HFC-free. The supermarket is hence using natural refrigerants CO2 and hydrocarbons throughout its refrigerators, freezers, heating, ventilation...
CO2 supermarkets: Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's has doubled the size of its supermarket in Durham, UK, and has cut energy consumption by 10%. The store will be "carbon negative" thanks to a number or technologies including ground-breaking CO2 refrigeration technology and on-site...
CO2 supermarkets: CAREL
CAREL and the French hypermarket chain Carrefour have joined forces to develop the first subcritical CO2 plant in a supermarket in Turkey. The Istanbul installation uses a cascade system that supplies the low-temperature units with R744. To...
Briefs: Chip cooling innovations
IBM researchers demonstrated a prototype that integrates a computer chip cooling system into 3-dimensional stacks by piping water directly between each layer in a chip stack. These so-called 3D chip stacks, which take chips and memory devices that...
Briefs: Thermoacoustics for air conditioning
The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), is developing a new form of refrigeration for cooling at room temperature, based on thermoacoustics, which was previously used only for cryogenic temperatures. The technology PARC developed is claimed to...
Briefs: Thermal storage in public buildings in California
Energy storage equipment is to be installed in 28 city buildings and 250 local businesses as part of a partnership between Glendale Water & Power and Ice Energy. The USD 4.25 million programme will install 1.5 MW of energy storage and marks...
Briefs: Smart fridges helping to cool the planet?
Over 3000 npower customers are taking part in first large-scale UK trial of smart grid enabled fridges. The trial will run throughout 2010 and is designed to assess the effectiveness of smart fridge technology capable of cutting power use from...
Briefs: Purdue University
Purdue University will create a USD 23.5 million Center for High Performance Buildings to design systems for future structures that are more environmentally and user friendly, energy efficient, and safe. The project is funded by the US Commerce...
Briefs: Cool job
Cooling Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building is not without its challenges. The huge cooling plant designed by ETA M&E's district cooling division supplies chilled water for the Burj Dubai, Dubai Mall and two 5-star hotels. Inside the Burj...
Briefs: QNCC
Opening in 2011, the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) boasts iconic design and cutting edge facilities in a world-first green-technology venue. QNCC is the first of its kind being built to the gold certification of US Green Building...
Briefs: Refrigerated windmill provides drinking water
A windmill equipped with a small cooling system produces up to 200 litres of drinking water/day. Collecting moisture from wind was already applied in Chile for instance, but by adding the small cooling device, it was possible for Marc Parent, the...
United Nations Conferences
Two important United Nations Conferences recently took place in Port Ghalib, Egypt, in November 2009, on the Montreal Protocol, and in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009, on climate change and the Kyoto Protocol. The IIR attended them and...
Chinese cold Chain figures
China is the largest food-producing and consuming country worldwide. According to China Research Intelligence (SHCRI), there are actually 2000 meat factories in China, producing over 60 million tons annually. Frozen food represents 8.5 million,...
China exports
According to statistics from Chinaiol.com, Chinese exports of commercial air conditioners in the first half of 2009 were worth RMB 2 billion (about USD 293 million), a 42.8% decrease compared with the same period of 2008. This is the first time...
US increasing food waste
Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from decomposing food, thus impact global climate change. In a recent paper published in the Public Library of Science ONE,...
LNG vessels
The world's largest LNG vessel, Mozah, recently made its maiden visit to the South Hook LNG Terminal in Milford Haven, UK, heralding a new era in the history of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation. The Q-Max ship measures 345 metres long,...
