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Using a new solar sterilizer for surgical instruments as a solar oven for cooking.

• Author(s) : GONZÁLEZ MORA E., RINCÓN MEJÍA E. A., MORENO LAWRENCE D.
• Publication date: 2016/05/03
• Languages : English
• Source: CYTEF 2016. VIII Congreso Ibérico y VI Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, Coimbra-Portugal, 3-6 mayo, 2016.
• Formats : PDF

An aspirating cooling system for regulating temperature of pyrolytic oven glass.

• Author(s) : KUMLUTAS D., ÖZER O., EKER B., et al.
• Publication date: 2017/01/25
• Languages : English
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 111

Development of stove-powered thermoelectric generators: a review.

• Author(s) : GAO H. B., HUANG G. H., LI H. J., et al.
• Publication date: 2016/03/05
• Languages : English
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 96

Cocción microbiológicamente segura de carne en horno solar y su análisis sensorial.

Microbiologically safe cooking meat in a solar furnace and its sensory analysis.

• Author(s) : BAILEY J., ESTEVES A., RAIMONDO E.
• Publication date: 2016/05/03
• Languages : Spanish
• Source: CYTEF 2016. VIII Congreso Ibérico y VI Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, Coimbra-Portugal, 3-6 mayo, 2016.
• Formats : PDF

Thermosyphons with innovative technologies.

• Author(s) : VASILIEV L., GRAKOVICH L. P., RABETSKY M. I., et al.
• Publication date: 2017/01/25
• Languages : English
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 111

Investigación en comportamiento térmico de cocinas solares en el sur de la península ibérica 2020-2022.

Research on the thermal behaviour of solar cookers in the south of the Iberian Peninsula 2020-2022.

• Author(s) : CARRILLO-ANDRÉS A., APAOLAZA-PAGOAGA X., RODRIGUES RUIVO C.
• Publication date: 2022/04
• Languages : Spanish
• Source: XI Congreso Ibérico y IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, CYTEF 2022.
• Formats : PDF

Experimental characterization of flow field around heat exchanger cells in a residential gas furnace.

• Author(s) : WU P., SHANG W., CHEN J.
• Publication date: 2018/07/09
• Languages : English
• Source: 2018 Purdue Conferences. 17^th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
• Formats : PDF

Testing of a lab-scale four-bed adsorption heat pump.

• Author(s) : SAN J. Y., TSAI F. K.
• Publication date: 2014/09
• Languages : English
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 70 - n. 1

Heating and air-conditioning technology for radiant heat recovery in kiln wall of cement plant.

• Author(s) : LIU Z., ZHAO B., QI X., ZHU B., HU Q.
• Publication date: 2021/05
• Languages : English
• Source: 2021 Purdue Conferences. 18^th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

An experimental comparison of four magnetocaloric regenerators using three different materials.

• Author(s) : LEGAIT U., GUILLOU F., KEDOUS-LEBOUC A., et al.
• Publication date: 2014/01
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 37 - n. 1
• Formats : PDF

R32: il nuovo refrigerante per il condizionamento residenziale. Parte quatra. 167a lezione.

R32: the new refrigerant for residential air conditioning. Part Four. 167th lesson.

• Author(s) : FANTONI P.
• Publication date: 2015/09
• Languages : Italian
• Source: Industria & Formazione - vol. 39 - n.393
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Dynamic analysis of a furnace off‐gas energy recovery system integrating heat from batch‐wise metal casting.

• Author(s) : WINDFELDT M., ANDRESEN T.
• Publication date: 2022/06/13
• Languages : English
• Source: 15^th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2022). Proceedings. Trondheim, Norway, June 13-15^th 2022.
• Formats : PDF

Thermal and exergetic approach to wet type rotary kiln process and evaluation of waste heat powered ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle).

• Author(s) : USTAOGLU A., ALPTEKIN M., AKAY M. E.
• Publication date: 2017/02/05
• Languages : English
• Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 112

Economical and environmental data analysis of hybrid HVAC system of air source heat pump and natural gas furnace for cold climate.

• Author(s) : DEMIREZEN G., ULLAH K., ROKN A., FUNG A. S.
• Publication date: 2021/08/31
• Languages : English
• Source: 13^th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2021: Heat Pumps – Mission for the Green World. Conference proceedings [full papers]
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Design method for improving the electromagnetic and temperature performance of the four-way valve.

• Author(s) : ZHANG K., WU D., XU K., ZHAN F.
• Publication date: 2023/10
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 154
• Formats : PDF

Trane announces contract with Carrefour for 38 stores in Asia

On February 9, 2005, Trane, a global provider of indoor comfort systems and comprehensive facility solutions, won a competitive bid process with Carrefour, the world's second largest retailer, for 38 new stores in China, Indonesia, Thailand,...

• Publication date : 2005/03/15

Carrefour pledges to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40% by 2025

Supermarket group Carrefour has pledged to reduce CO2 emissions from all stores by 40% by 2025 and by 70% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels.

• Publication date : 2018/01/22
• Subjects: Environment

A cryostat provides the optical bench of the largest digital astronomic camera

The manufacture of a cryostat to be used as an optical bench for the camera of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope has been completed.

• Publication date : 2018/09/20

CO2 training courses in France

Climate change concerns and increasing use of natural refrigerants with low global warming potential (GWP) are driving demand for natural refrigerant training courses.

• Publication date : 2011/12/14

Green buildings: Melbourne

Melbourne's new state-of-the-art Convention Centre has received the world's first 6-Star Green Star environmental rating for a convention centre. The award was given by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) in recognition of the centre's...

• Publication date : 2008/07/11

Course on fruit and vegetables preservation

The Postharvest and Refrigeration Group of the Technical University of Cartagena (Spain) offers the second International Course on Postharvest Technology and Minimal Processing of Fruit and Vegetables, from 23 to 29 April 2008. The Chair of the...

• Publication date : 2008/02/26

US: Court strikes down EPA restrictions on HFCs

In August, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) overturned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directives to ban certain high GWP HFC refrigerants.

• Publication date : 2017/12/11
• Subjects: Regulation, HFCs alternatives

Interested in a short course on Ice Slurry Technology?

The course will take place in Karlsruhe (Germany) on the 13th and 14th May 2011, and will be taught in English.

• Publication date : 2011/02/18

Japan: revised Fluorinated gas legislation to encourage rationalised use and proper management of fluorocarbons

The Japanese Cabinet recently approved the “Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning Designated Products.”

• Publication date : 2013/08/29
• Subjects: Regulation

AHRI asks US Court of Appeals to review DOE's commercial refrigeration rule

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) claims that the Department of Energy’s (DOE) new energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment may be impossible to meet.

• Publication date : 2014/07/23
• Subjects: Regulation

The European heat pump industry : a provider of local labour

The total number of employees in the European heat pump industry is estimated 48 073 persons, approximately 36% of these being active in heat pump manufacturing.

• Publication date : 2016/12/07
• Subjects: Figures, economy

Latest news on LNG and bio-LNG infrastructure projects in the pipeline

At the beginning of 2022, several LNG or bio-LNG projects are underway. 

• Publication date : 2022/01/28
• Subjects: Technology, Developing country

The race to design individual cooling devices

Cooling individuals would be less energy-consuming and a lot cheaper than cooling entire buildings. Based on that principle, companies, start-ups, and researchers are racing to build wearable devices that can act like mini air-conditioning...

• Publication date : 2020/02/06

EN 378 European Standard under revision

The final EN 378 standard is not expected to be published until 2015 at the earliest.

• Publication date : 2014/09/25
• Subjects: Regulation

PCMs to reduce energy consumption in buildings

A recent review article describes the principles of latent heat thermal energy storage systems using phase change materials (PCMs), and their applications to improve thermal performance in the building...

• Publication date : 2021/04/22
• Subjects: Technology

Training and courses: New content available

Since its initial publication, a number of new courses have been added to the IIR refrigeration courses and training repertoire.

• Publication date : 2019/10/21

Training and courses: Accessible opportunities online

The IIR has taken care to provide you with an exclusive selection of digital training and course material on the main themes of HVACR, including a section dedicated to certification courses from reputable international organisations and companies...

• Publication date : 2017/10/03

IIR website: consult our courses!

The “Services and expertises” section of the IIR website includes a section on courses and training. The courses are among the most downloaded documents in 2022! 

• Publication date : 2023/02/17
• Subjects: General information

New course on magnetic refrigeration!

The IIR has just published a new course entitled “Magnetic refrigeration” on its website, in the “Courses and training” section. 

• Publication date : 2023/06/28

Conference update: Melbourne

IIR 2008 - HVAC Energy Efficiency Best Practice Conference will be held in Melbourne on September 18-19, 2008. This cutting-edge event will cover solar air conditioning and heating of buildings, comfort and indoor environmental quality in energy...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

International events: Strasbourg

New Ventures in Freeze-Drying, an IIR conference organized by Aérial, was held in Strasbourg, France, on November 7-9, 2007. Thirty-five participants from 11 countries seized this rare opportunity to exchange knowledge and examine the state of the...

• Publication date : 2008/02/12

Conference update: Melbourne

IR 2008 - HVAC Energy Efficiency Best Practice Conference will be held in Melbourne on September 18-19, 2008. This cutting-edge event will cover solar air conditioning and heating of buildings, comfort and indoor environmental quality in energy...

• Publication date : 2008/02/12

Conference update: Melbourne

IIR 2008 - HVAC Energy Efficiency Best Practice Conference will be held in Melbourne on September 18-19, 2008. This cutting-edge event will cover solar air conditioning and heating of buildings, comfort and indoor environmental quality in energy...

• Publication date : 2008/05/13

Upcoming IIR events: Strasbourg

Interested in freeze-drying? Here is a rare opportunity to become updated on the state of the art: New Ventures in Freeze-drying, an IIR conference, will take place in Strasbourg, France on November 7-9, 2007. Call for papers, registration and...

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

Upcoming IIR event: Strasbourg

Interested in freeze-drying? Here's a rare opportunity to become updated on the state of the art: New Ventures in Freeze-drying, an IIR conference, will take place in Strasbourg, France on November 7-9, 2007. Please send your abstract by May 1,...

• Publication date : 2007/05/04

News from IIR members: Cemafroid courses

Cemafroid is offering a broad range of short (1 to 1.5-day) training courses on the cold chain. Check out the full range and dates: www.cemafroid.fr

• Publication date : 2012/03/19

IIR website: a new course on inverse cooling cycles

A new course material prepared by Renato Lazzarin has been added to the “Courses and training” section of the IIR web site: “Inverse cycles – Refrigerating Equipment”.

• Publication date : 2019/04/30

Training and courses: New material available on the IIR website

A new course on cogeneration has just been added to the "Courses and Training" section of the IIR website.

• Publication date : 2020/05/22

The long awaited ICR2015 is underway!

Held every four years, this year ICR2015 welcomes 1,011 conference delegates from 55 countries, making it a truly global refrigeration event.

• Publication date : 2015/08/19

Join our training course and officially become a new Ambassador for clean cooling and heating!

Experts and representatives from three sister projects in different regions of the world: ENOUGH in Europe, INDEE+ in India and ACES in Africa are arranging a free one-hour training course on clean cooling and...

• Publication date : 2023/06/30
• Subjects: Environment, HFCs alternatives

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 : French, English
• Themes : Caloric cooling (magnetocaloric, electrocaloric, elastocaloric and barocaloric cooling)

Cold storage conditions for fruits and vegetables

Practical recommendations for the cold storage of over 200 cultivars of fruits, vegetables and herbs (storage temperatures, relative humidity, storage time, controlled atmosphere...

• Last update : 2023/01/16
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : Fruit, Vegetables

Liquefied Natural Gas: production process and cold energy recovery

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been cooled to about -160 °C and turned into a liquid to facilitate transportation and storage. A typical LNG supply chain...

• Last update : 2023/06/23
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : LNG and LPG

Hydrocarbon refrigerants

Hydrocarbons such as R290 (propane), R600a (isobutane) or R1270 (propene/propylene) are low GWP non-toxic natural refrigerants with excellent thermodynamic properties. They offer an...

• Last update : 2022/06/22
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : Hydrocarbons, Containment, refrigerant charge reduction

Cryogenics in the pharmaceutical industry: drug design and bioavailability improvement

Research activities in the pharmaceutical sector focus primarily on developing novel drug formulations which can elicit the desired response upon being administered to the patient...

• Last update : 2023/03/10
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : Freeze-drying in biology and medicine, Cryobiology, cryomedicine: general information

Global HFC emissions from the refrigeration sector

This table shows HFC emissions from the refrigeration sector – including air conditioning – in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent for about 40 countries that are signatories...

• Last update : 2022/01/20
• Langues : English
• Themes : General information on environment (climate change, ozone depletion…)

Nanorefrigerants

Nanorefrigerants are created by adding nanoparticles in suspension to a base refrigerant. They have a thermal conductivity that is 15% to 104% higher than that of the corresponding...

• Last update : 2022/06/17
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : Nanofluids

Global warming potential (GWP) of HFC refrigerants

Using the latest updated data from UNEP’s RTOC 2022 report, we have compiled the 100-year GWP and 20-year GWP values of hydrofluorocarbon-based (HFC) refrigerants. Our table includes...

• Last update : 2023/09/15
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : HFCs

Cryogenic nitrogen in the food and beverage industry

The adoption of cryogenic processes in the food and beverage industry is predominantly driven by liquid nitrogen (LIN), and it is the preferred candidate for food chilling and...

• Last update : 2023/11/07
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : Freezing of foodstuffs

Environmental impact of the ice cream industry

This summary document describes the environmental impact of ice cream manufacturing, which is mainly due to the energy consumption and refrigerants used.

• Last update : 2022/11/17
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : General information on environment (climate change, ozone depletion…)

Ice cream manufacturing, environmental impact and market data

From a physico-chemical point of view, ice cream is a complex, frozen multiphase mixture. The manufacturing process includes several stages of freezing which are described in this...

• Last update : 2023/06/30
• Langues : French, English
• Themes : Ice creams

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 : French, English
• Themes : Evaporators, condensers and other heat exchangers

For IIR members only

Global cold storage capacity

This table presents the cold storage capacity in about 50 countries, based on data from the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA).

• Last update : 2021/12/06
• Langues : English
• Themes : Refrigerated storage: economics and statistics

For IIR members only

Heat pump stock in Europe

This table presents the stock of installed heat pumps, the CO2 emissions avoided and the number of jobs in the heat pump sector in Europe.

• Last update : 2021/12/14
• Langues : English
• Themes : Heat pumps, energy recovery: economics and statistics

Thermophysical properties of HFC refrigerants

Thermophysical properties of over 100 HFC refrigerants, including single-component and blends.

• Last update : 2022/06/17
• Langues : English
• Themes : HFCs, Blends, HFO et HCFO