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Data driven assessment of a small scale evaporative condenser based on a combined artificial neural network with design of experiment approach.

• Author(s) : REICHERT H., DONNI R., SCHNEIDER P., ACUNHA I. C. Jr
• Publication date: 2020/07
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• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 115
• Formats : PDF

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Evaporative cooling and Legionella: a risk which can be prevented by using good practices, 18^th Informatory Note on refrigerating technologies.

• Publication date: 2006/02
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• Source: IIF, Note Inf./IIR, Inf. Note/www.iifiir.org - n. 18
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Numerical investigations on two-phase flow modes in evaporative condensers.

• Author(s) : FIORENTINO M., STARACE G.
• Publication date: 2016/02/05
• Languages : English
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 94

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Research progress on flow pattern of evaporative condenser.

• Author(s) : WANG F., YANG Y.
• Publication date: 2018/04/06
• Languages : English
• Source: 5^th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Beijing, Chine, 6-8 avril 2018
• Formats : PDF

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A desk top study on the application of evaporative condensers for subcritical CO2 condensing.

• Author(s) : VISSER K., BALL J.
• Publication date: 2014/06/23
• Languages : English
• Source: 3^rd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: London, UK, June 23-25, 2014
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Experimental study on air flow resistance of an evaporative condenser with water distributed on every tube.

[In Chinese. / En chinois.]

• Author(s) : LI T., OUYANG X.
• Publication date: 2014/04
• Languages : Chinese
• Source: Journal of Refrigeration - vol. 35 - n. 156
• Formats : PDF

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Theoretical analysis and experimental design of a new evaporative condenser.

• Author(s) : GU Y., ZOU Y., PAN S., et al.
• Publication date: 2019/08/24
• Languages : English
• Source: Proceedings of the 25^th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Montréal , Canada, August 24-30, 2019.
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Characteristics of falling film flow and heat transfer in internal fin-plate evaporative condenser.

[In Chinese. / En chinois.]

• Author(s) : GONG Y., LIU X., YANG Y., et al.
• Publication date: 2016
• Languages : Chinese
• Source: Journal of Refrigeration - vol. 37 - n. 170
• Formats : PDF

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Experimental study on cooling performance of air conditioning system with dual independent evaporative condenser.

• Author(s) : LIU H., ZHOU Q., LIU Y., et al.
• Publication date: 2015/07
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 55
• Formats : PDF

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A comparative study of various machine learning methods for performance prediction of an evaporative condenser.

• Author(s) : BEHNAM P., FAEGH M., SHAFII M. B., KHIADANI M.
• Publication date: 2021/06
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 126
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Research on optimal ratio of air volume to water mass flowrate for evaporative condenser.

[In Chinese. / En chinois.]

• Author(s) : SHEN J., LU K., LIU L., et al.
• Publication date: 2014/10
• Languages : Chinese
• Source: Journal of Refrigeration - vol. 35 - n. 159
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Experimental study on an air-cooled air conditioning unit with spray evaporative cooling system.

• Author(s) : YANG H., PEI N., FAN M., LIU L., WANG D.
• Publication date: 2021/11
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 131
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Design and test of split evaporative air conditioner.

[In Chinese. / En chinois.]

• Author(s) : LIANG C., SUN Z., LIU J.
• Publication date: 2014/10
• Languages : Chinese
• Source: Journal of Refrigeration - vol. 35 - n. 159
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Research on evaporative cooling to improve the performance of automobile air conditioners.

• Author(s) : HSIEH H. K., TENG T. P.
• Publication date: 2023/09
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 153
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Near-optimal control of variable speed drives on evaporative condenser fans.

• Author(s) : JEKEL T., CLAAS M.
• Publication date: 2023/08/21
• Languages : English
• Source: Proceedings of the 26^th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Paris , France, August 21-25, 2023.
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The global evaporative condensing unit market.

A projection for the ten next years.

• Publication date : 2017/03/02

The environmental benefits of evaporative cooling

An Eurovent study shows that evaporative cooling could help save up to 56,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year in the future in the European Union. Evaporative cooling is present in half of the projects presented by the eight Global Cooling Prize...

• Publication date : 2019/12/30

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

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

Refrigerant news: Training in CO2

- NVKL, the Dutch association of contractors, distributors and manufacturers, recently opened the first training centre of natural refrigerants in Europe. The new training centre is located in Ede, the Netherlands. It comprises: detection and...

• Publication date : 2011/02/07

Reducing the environmental impact of ultra-low temperature refrigeration systems

Ultra-low temperature (ULT) refrigeration systems often use very high-GWP HFCs. Yet, ULT systems are excluded from the scope of the regulations aimed at phasing-down HFCs. An IJR paper reviews the most promising...

• Publication date : 2020/04/05
• Subjects: Environment, HFCs alternatives

Briefs: Water savings thanks to hybrid condensers

Hybrid condensers offer significant water savings versus traditional water-cooled and evaporative condensers. They also make it possible to reduce energy consumption and refrigerant charge. In Australia, where water savings are a major issue since...

• Publication date : 2007/08/05

An ejector refrigeration system optimised for sub-zero temperatures on fishing vessels

Large amounts of diesel fuel are used to power fishing vessels engines and on-board refrigeration systems. In a recent theoretical study, an energy-efficient sub-zero refrigeration system proposed based on a...

• Publication date : 2021/05/31
• Subjects: Technology

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...

• Publication date : 2013/08/21

Scientists develop a chip to detect Legionelia very quickly

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich claim to have developed a test for quick detection of Legionella bacteria.

• Publication date : 2018/04/09

Briefs: Largest distribution centre in Africa

The centre, built by Woolworths in Midrand, South Africa has a surface area of 72 000 m². The 2-stage refrigeration system uses 4.2 tons of ammonia. It operates at -9°C/+32°C on the low stage while the high-stage ammonia circuit is used to chill...

• Publication date : 2008/02/12

UK: ammonia system cuts energy use in brewery

A Yorkshire Heineken brewery has implemented a new ammonia refrigeration system, designed by J&E Hall to operate with the existing monopropylene glycol secondary loop. The new plant has reduced the electricity bill by a third, generated...

• Publication date : 2011/08/17

Performance comparison of R1234yf and R134a

A study published in Applied Thermal Engineering compares the performance of HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf as drop-in alternative in automotive air conditioning systems.

• Publication date : 2017/05/24

New solar-cooling technology for cooling-freezing

Refrigeration is often based on compressor technology which consumes electricity. A recently developed system making it possible to achieve relatively low temperatures solely using solar energy has been designed by PROMES, a laboratory working...

• Publication date : 2007/05/04

Kenyan fish processing facility upgrades from R22 to ammonia

East Africa Sea Foods (EASF), a fish processing facility in Kenya, recently replaced its aging R22 refrigeration system with a two-stage ammonia system.

• Publication date : 2020/04/05
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Developing country

Sorption chillers

Sorption chiller technology is rapidly developing, especially that using solar energy. - As highlighted by Jacob and Kohlenbach* during the latest IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids in Sydney, in Europe, numerous new...

• Publication date : 2011/02/07

News from IIR members: Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls and Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University are beating the record books with York CYK chillers. To construct what is claimed to be the world's largest chiller plant using air-cooled radiators, Johnson Controls is providing 26...

• Publication date : 2011/02/07

News from IIR members: Star Refrigeration

Star Refrigeration has installed a highly efficient Azanechiller at a Scottish meat processing facility. The central pumped glycol system has a total cooling capacity of 365kW and includes pumps with variable speed drives, six ceiling...

• Publication date : 2011/08/04

Conference update: Ohrid

The 3rd IIR event in a series, Ammonia Refrigeration Technology was held on May 7-9, 2009, in Ohrid, Macedonia. With 95 participants from 24 countries and 32 papers presented, the event was very successful. A key focus of this series of...

• Publication date : 2009/05/27

Additive manufacturing of regenerators for caloric cooling

In many areas of engineering, additive manufacturing allows the production of complex and multifunctional products that could not be manufactured using traditional methods. In the...

• Last update : 2022/09/16
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : Caloric cooling (magnetocaloric, electrocaloric, elastocaloric and barocaloric cooling)