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Development of a new standard for the measurement of energy consumption of chilled vending machines.
Effect of orientation on performance of the refrigerant distributor.
Effect of flow regime before distributor on two-phase flow distribution.
Experimental and numerical investigation on a new type distributor for R410A air conditioner.
Visualization of two-phase flow through distributors and effect on performance of evaporators.
Distribution performance assessment and structure optimization of distributor applied in small-diameter air conditioner.
[In Chinese. / En chinois.]
Optimization study on the structure and the flow of a refrigerant distributor for air conditioner.
Improvements in refrigerant flow distribution using an expansion valve with integrated distributor.
Experimental and simulation study on the distributor design in plate evaporators.
Study on structure optimization and distribution characteristics of centrifugal refrigerant distributor for air conditioner.
Experimental investigation of two-phase flow characteristics of LiBr/H2O solution through orifice plates in vacuum environment.
Experimental study on the wetting characteristics of a liquid-level-lifting type asymmetrical overflow distributor.
Two-phase flow distribution in a refrigerant distributor having four indoor-unit connections of a variable refrigerant flow system.
Heat transfer model of latent heat thermal storage in CO2 refrigerant heat pump in vending machine.
Study on Energy Efficiency of an Off-Grid Vending Machine with Compact Heat Exchangers and Low GWP Refrigerant Powered by Solar Energy.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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Refrigerated cheese vending machines in French cities
A local cheese dairy has installed refrigerated cheese vending machines in several towns in East Moselle, in the east of France.
French oysters go on sale in a vending machine
A French oyster farmer from Ré Island in France introduced a refrigerated vending machine that dispenses live oysters.
Vending machine dispenses fresh foods via RFID
The startup PantryLabs has created refrigerated kiosks which can identify sandwiches and other perishable products stored within, and can track sales and inventory levels.
Taiwanese fruit distributor tracks fresh produce via RFID
Je-Nong Cooperative Farm has reduced labor costs by adopting plastic crates with embedded passive UHF EPC tags to track its products.
France: Assessment of the refrigerant emissions avoided between 1993 and 2013
The commitment and engagement from most stakeholders in the “Cooling and Air Conditioning “ branch helped avoid 45 million emitted tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
France: the government recently published several documents on HFC regulations (in French)
On November 22, 2017, the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity-based Transition (Ministère de la Transition énergétique et solidaire) published two documents which summarise the different regulations on HFCs at different levels...
Natural refrigerants drove the global commercial refrigeration market in 2023
According to JARN, natural refrigerants in commercial equipment are gaining popularity, namely driving the demand for equipment renewal in Europe.
Top beverage companies moving to phase out HFCs
An update on the efforts of Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Heineken to phase out HFCs from their commercial refrigeration equipment to reduce their carbon footprint.
French food banks lack cold storage.
Cold storage capacities have not kept up with the trend.
Frozen food in the French click-and-collect sector
456 of the items in January 2014 were frozen foods, i.e. around 4.4% of the total offer.
World commercial refrigeration equipment market
The commercial refrigeration equipment market amounted to USD 43.3 billion in 2019, up 4.8% versus 2017. Of this total, the refrigerated display cabinet market represented USD 21.5 billion.
2018: a positive year for the French air-conditioning market
Residential and light commercial split units, as well as VRF systems, registered a strong growth.
The HVACR workforce in the United States in 2022
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of technicians employed in the heating and refrigeration sector in the US rose between 2021 and 2022.
United States: the HVACR workforce on the rise in 2023
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of technicians employed in the heating and refrigeration sector in the US rose by 6% between 2022 and 2023.
The HVACR workforce in the United States
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were over 800,000 technician and engineer jobs related to heating and refrigeration in the US in 2021.
IIR news
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Past events: CIAR in Portugal and REHVA triennal conférence
Focus on the 16th Ibero-American Congress on air conditioning and refrigeration (CIAR) and on the triennial conference of REHVA.
The IIR brings you the highlights from refrigeration trade fair SIFA 2016
As an institutional partner, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) participated in the 2016 edition of the Interprofessional Refrigeration and its Applications Trade Show (SIFA) for the consecutive year.
Latest news from B-Medical Systems, Epta and GEA, three IIR corporate members
B Medical Systems, a global leader in the vaccine cold chain, is expanding its production capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Epta monitors R290 fridges in cashier-free store in Dubai and GEA provides a...
World Refrigeration Day 2020
The annual World Refrigeration Day aims to raise awareness among the wider public about the importance of refrigeration technologies in everyday life. Organised under...
The Cold Chain: A logistical challenge at the heart of the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine
Gérald Cavalier - President of the Science and Technology Council of the International Institute of Refrigeration, President of the French Association of Refrigeration, President of the Cemafroid...
