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  • World’s first 3D printed fully functional air conditioner

    Haier Group unveiled the world’s first ever 3D printed fully functional air conditioner.

    • Publication date : 2015/06/23
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  • Illegal HFC trade: EIA calls for the implementation of a fully functional licensing system

    EIA’s analysis of 2018 customs data suggests that as much as 16.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent of bulk HFCs were illegally placed on the market in 2018.

    • Publication date : 2019/05/29
    • Subjects: HFCs alternatives
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  • New cryogenic refrigerator to deep-freeze chips

    Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a compact, solid-state refrigerator capable of reaching very low temperatures (as low as 100 milliKelvin). The refrigerator works using a "sandwich" of normal-...

    • Publication date : 2004/05/25
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  • Combining thermal energy storage and heat pumps

    A borehole thermal energy storage (TES) system, used in conjunction with heat pumps is designed to heat and cool buildings at the north campus of the University of Ontario (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

    • Publication date : 2013/10/11
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  • Briefs: Evaporating tiles to cool rooms

    UK Loughborough University's Zephyr project "Ceiling tiles" was finalist in the Financial Times Climate Change Challenge. The tiles draw up heat from a room which passes through a moist wick surface in the ceiling tile, achieving cooling lowering...

    • Publication date : 2009/08/13
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  • Photovoltaic thermal system combined with adsorption cooling achieves 75% efficiency

    Researchers from IBM Zurich research laboratory combined photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal techniques in a high-concentration PV thermal (HCPVT) system to achieve efficient electrical cooling output without the need for extra cells.

    • Publication date : 2013/10/25
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  • Liquid nitrogen for French cuisine

    The system uses the natural pressure of nitrogen during evaporation according to a vertical discharge principle.

    • Publication date : 2015/03/12
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  • Briefs: CERN

    CERN is to inaugurate its Large Hadron Collider and is staging an event on May 31-June 1, 2007 in conjunction with the launching. Register for the Symposium for the Inauguration of the LHC Cryogenics:

    • Publication date : 2007/05/04
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  • IIR Member news: CETIAT

    CETIAT, a corporate member of the IIR, is taking part in a new European research project called the SHERHPA Project. The aim is to develop energy efficient, environmentally friendly heat pumps and the 3-year project involves 19 companies and 10...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/10
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  • US

    A new voluntary programme to reduce hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs) emissions has been set up in the US by EPA in conjunction with the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM). This initiative should help to reduce HFC emissions in the...

    • Publication date : 2006/05/05
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  • News about IIR Member: Cemagref

    Researchers from Cemagref, corporate member of the IIR, in conjunction with the GREThE in Grenoble, and financed by the Agency for the environment and energy management (ADEME), have developed a prototype refrigerating system that allows the...

    • Publication date : 2006/05/05
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  • Compressors: Oil-free linear compressor

    Linear technology could become the predominant energy-efficient refrigeration compressor design, according to Brazilian manufacturer Embraco which unveiled a domestic compressor offering linear technology with variable capacity, eliminating the...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/11
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  • Dielectric cooling for data centers

    Until now, chips are mostly cooled thanks to air-cooling approaches: fans push air through heatsinks that sit on top of the chips to carry away excess heat. Liquid-cooling, which is more effective than air-cooling is more and more used....

    • Publication date : 2018/01/18
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  • Cold stores: how to achieve net zero emissions?

    The UK Cold Chain Federation recently released a report presenting technologies to help temperature-controlled warehouses achieve net zero emissions.  

    • Publication date : 2022/07/08
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Environment
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  • Overview of data center cooling technologies

    The very huge growth in Internet traffic requires the continued development of new energy-efficient data center cooling technologies, based primarily on liquid...

    • Publication date : 2022/12/15
    • Subjects: Technology
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