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Film rupture and partial wetting over flat surfaces.

• Author(s) : GIANNETTI N., TRINURUK P., YAMAGUCHI S., et al.
• Publication date: 2018/07/09
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Wettability, Plane surface, Stability, Modelling, Falling film, Film
• Source: 2018 Purdue Conferences. 17^th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
• Formats : PDF

Falling film chillers.

• Author(s) : AGRAWAL A.
• Publication date: 2014/03
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Operation, Generality, Chilled food, Design, Chiller, Falling film, Construction
• Source: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Journal, Cold Chain - vol. 5 - n. 1
• Formats : PDF

Large eddy simulation of film cooling: a review.

• Author(s) : AHN J.
• Publication date: 2022/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Gas turbine, Film, Cooling, Simulation, Geometry, Review
• Source: Energies - vol. 15 - n. 23
• Formats : PDF

Entropy parameters for falling film absorber optimization.

• Author(s) : GIANNETTI N., ROCCHETTI A., LUBIS A., et al.
• Publication date: 2016/01/25
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Horizontal tube, Simulation, Optimization, Falling film, Entropy, Irreversibility, Absorber
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 93

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The enhancement of the critical temperature in thin aluminium films.

• Author(s) : SEDOV E., GOLOKOLENOV I., KONSTANTINIDIS G., et al.
• Publication date: 2019/05/08
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Superfluid transition, Critical temperature, Aluminium, Superconductor, Film, Expérimentation
• Source: Cryogenics 2019. Proceedings of the 15^th IIR International Conference: Prague, Czech Republic, April 8-11, 2019.
• Formats : PDF

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Analytical solution for combined heat and mass transfer in laminar falling film absorption with uniform film velocity: isothermal and adiabatic wall.

• Author(s) : MEYER T.
• Publication date: 2014/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Mass transfer, Heat transfer, Absorption, Wall, Falling film, Laminar flow
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 48
• Formats : PDF

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Experimental investigations of R134a and R123 falling film evaporation on enhanced horizontal tubes.

• Author(s) : ZHAO C. Y., JIN P. H., JI W. T., et al.
• Publication date: 2017/03
• Languages : English
• Keywords : R134a, Horizontal tube, R123, Falling film, Expérimentation, Evaporation, Film flow
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 75
• Formats : PDF

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Contact angle measurements in the refrigerant falling film evaporation process.

• Author(s) : LI G., LIU J., XU X., LU X., CHEN J.
• Publication date: 2020/04
• Languages : English
• Keywords : R134a, HFC, Evaporation, Falling film, Wettability, Superheat, Refrigerant, Measurement
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 112
• Formats : PDF

Match property analysis of falling film absorption process.

• Author(s) : HU T., XIE X., JIANG Y., et al.
• Publication date: 2017/08/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Mass transfer, Heat transfer, Absorption, Heat pump, Modelling, Falling film
• Source: International sorption heat pump conference, ISHPC 2017, Tokyo august 7-10.

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Match property analysis of falling film absorption process.

• Author(s) : HU T., LI J., XIE X., et al.
• Publication date: 2019/02
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Falling film, Modelling, Heat pump, Absorption, Heat transfer, Mass transfer
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 98
• Formats : PDF

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Change in wetting characteristic of heated refrigerant in falling film evaporation.

• Author(s) : LU X., LIU J., XU X., CHEN J.
• Publication date: 2020/09
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Evaporation, Falling film, Refrigerant, Expérimentation, Modelling, Thermodynamic property, R134a
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 117
• Formats : PDF

Numerical simulation of wavy liquid film flowing along inclined porous wall.

• Author(s) : HASANUZZAMAN M., MIYARA A.
• Publication date: 2017/08/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Absorption, Simulation, Wall, Porous medium, Falling film, Expérimentation, Flow
• Source: International sorption heat pump conference, ISHPC 2017, Tokyo august 7-10.

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Modelling of a falling-film evaporator for adsorption chillers.

• Author(s) : APRILE M., DI CICCO A. J., TOPPI T., FRENI A., MOTTA M.
• Publication date: 2023/02
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Modelling, Falling film, Adsorption system, Chiller, Prototype, Evaporation, Test rig, Expérimentation
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 146
• Formats : PDF

Experimental and numerical studies on film cooling with reverse/backward coolant injection.

• Author(s) : SINGH K., PREMACHANDRAN B., RAVI M. R.
• Publication date: 2017/01
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Heat transfer, Cooling, Performance, Injection, Film, Expérimentation
• Source: International Journal of thermal Sciences - vol. 111

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Universal correlation for falling film evaporation on a horizontal plain tube.

• Author(s) : LIN H. Y., MUNEESHWARAN M., YANG C.-M., NAWAZ K., WANG C. C.
• Publication date: 2023/02
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Falling film, Evaporation, Nucleate boiling, Correlation, Horizontal tube, Industrial application
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 146
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Edible carrot films display food packaging potential

Barrier properties exhibited by carrot-based edible films demonstrate potential for their use as packaging for a variety of food types, according to recent research from China.

• Publication date : 2011/12/27

US researchers create film with cool benefits.

US researchers have developed a metamaterial they say could be used to help cool buildings without the use of energy or water.

• Publication date : 2017/02/22
• Subjects: Environment

Experimentation of a film rejecting 70% of solar heat

A team of researchers explored the ability of a phase-change material film set on windows to reject incoming solar heat.

• Publication date : 2018/12/27
• Subjects: Environment

Passive radiative cooling: promising results for a polymer film

A new material using radiative cooling was tested by a team of researcher at Boulder, Colorado. The results show that is could become a viable solution for supplemental cooling for buildings.

• Publication date : 2018/11/06
• Subjects: Environment

Briefs: Fill ’er up with hydrogen!

The Linde Group, a corporate member of the IIR, recently inaugurated its Hydrogen Centre in Loohhof, near Munich. The 3-million € centre brings the hydrogen highway system a step closer to an economic reality and will serve as a filling station...

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

Market: EMEA HVAC&R market data: low profile

Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI), a European statistics bureau, recently published HVAC&R sales results in the Europe and Middle East zone (EMEA). The air-handling-unit market amounted to € 1.5 billion in 2009, despite a drop of...

• Publication date : 2011/02/07

ARI Publishes the Statistical Profile of the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Industry

On October 7, 2004, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) published the 2004 edition of the Statistical Profile of the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Industry. This publication provides statistical data, from...

• Publication date : 2004/11/19

Facebook profiles cooled down through polar wind (in French)

The cooling of servers which process most of the data published on our walls uses polar wind.

• Publication date : 2016/10/01

Radiative cooling: protecting ice from melting under sunlight

Researchers have developed a biodegradable film made of cellulose acetate which, thanks to its radiative cooling properties, effectively protects ice subjected to solar radiation from melting, with possible...

• Publication date : 2022/03/30

Briefs: Non-PVC Food Wrap

Diamant Film, a Canadian company, is responding to banning of PVC stretch films used for foods and now has exclusive marketing and distribution rights for its non-PVC films in China, South Korea and Thailand. PVC films contain DEHA, a carcinogenic...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

Brief: Coated chicken

Raw chicken often harbours the pathogen Campylobacter jejuni, which is a leading source of bacterial diarrhoea. Chicken contaminated during raw processing can contaminate other products in refrigerators, even at 2-4°C. Researchers at the Louisiana...

• Publication date : 2004/11/10

Squid skin inspires research on next-generation space blanket

Next-generation space blankets could be made of a thermoregulatory material inspired by the functioning of squid skin, which changes color.

• Publication date : 2019/05/29

Aerosol-free coooling tower

Climespace, a subsidiary of Suez and Gaz de France that has developed Paris' ice water cooling system, has successfully tested a new system of aero-cooling towers, which eliminates aerosols, a major factor in the spread of legionella bacteria in...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

Briefs: Edible optics to prevent food poisoning

Edible nanosensors made from silk could alert consumers regarding potential contamination of food thanks to a hologram-type indicator embedded in the pack. Researchers at Tufts University in the US are working on the development of bioactive silk...

• Publication date : 2008/10/25

Innovative material for passive cooling and natural lighting

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a polymer-based material that is more transparent to light than regular glass and maintains a comfortable indoor...

• Publication date : 2024/06/10

Member News: Daikin partners with Fujifilm to reduce noise from some of its ventilation/humidification units

The Japanese company Daikin will soon use a new technology to reduce noise in some of its ventilation and humidification units. 

• Publication date : 2022/02/28

LNG fundamentals explained in the Encyclopedia of refrigeration

The latest entry in the IIR’s online Encyclopedia of refrigeration is a thematic file presenting LNG production processes, and cold energy recovery applications.

• Publication date : 2022/07/08
• Subjects: Technology

IIR member news: Engie

Engie (formerly GDF SUEZ) LNG Solutions has opened the first Liquefied Natural Gas filling station for trucks at Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands.

• Publication date : 2015/06/18

New challenges in “Cold Applications in Life Sciences"

Following the 2nd IIR Workshop on "Cold Applications in Life Sciences", Ralf Herzog, President of IIR Section A, has summarized key information in this field, in a new thematic file that you can find on the IIR website.

• Publication date : 2016/10/17

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)

Additive manufacturing of heat exchangers

In the refrigeration industry, additive manufacturing (colloquially referred to as “3D printing”) makes it possible to fabricate novel, complex and potentially more energy efficient...

• Last update : 2022/09/07
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : Evaporators, condensers and other heat exchangers