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  • Neutrons provide first images of refrigerant flow

    Researchers at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have captured undistorted snapshots of refrigerants flowing through small heat exchangers, helping to further elucidate characteristics of heat transfer.

    • Publication date : 2015/05/28
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  • Effects of air conditioner airflow on human sleep.

    A recent study published in Energy and Buildings measures the impact of the velocity of an air conditioner airflow on the quality of sleep.

    • Publication date : 2017/03/03
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  • Heat flowing from a colder to a warmer body without external intervention

    Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a simple device that allows heat to flow temporarily from a cold to a warm object without external intervention by using a “thermal inductor”.

    • Publication date : 2019/05/29
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  • MIRAI Intex, new corporate member of the IIR!

    Presentation of MIRAI Intex and its flagship product: MIRAI COLD 15.

    • Publication date : 2019/08/29
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  • Briefs: EU-funded NARECO2 project

    The EU-funded NARECO2 project has ensured that the e-learning module for CO2 refrigeration is now available online at no charge. This complete interactive tool is designed to highlight the specificities of using CO2 as a refrigerant and builds on...

    • Publication date : 2010/03/07
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  • Brief: Freezer in space

    Leonardo, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module used to transport payloads to the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-121 contains a freezer called MELFI (Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer). MELFI, provided by the European...

    • Publication date : 2005/07/19
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  • Out of the ordinary: Robots pack frozen food

    In continuation of its range of "Ready to Pack" modules and machines, Cermex has just developed a new version of a wrap-around case packer. Presented at Interpack 2008 the robots load cartons or flow-packed aluminium trays of frozen food either...

    • Publication date : 2009/02/25
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  • Briefs: Magnetic-levitation bearing system

    The world's first large tonnage magnetic-levitation bearing air-cooled chiller for air conditioning is being installed in the American Embassy in Tokyo. The 2520-kW chiller plant consists of 12 MagLev Chiller modules. OBO, which installed it,...

    • Publication date : 2007/05/04
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  • Heating and cooling ceilings

    The upcoming translation of European Directive 2002/91/EC on improving energy efficiency in buildings into EU national legislation in January 2006 calls for a clear improvement in the energy efficiency of cooling and heating systems. In view of...

    • Publication date : 2005/10/26
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Reefer rental: trends

    The reefer rental market has benefited from unexpected development. It started in the 1980s when thousands of refrigerated containers ceased being used, following the external trade collapse of fruit-exporting countries. The reefers were first...

    • Publication date : 2006/07/26
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  • HFC alternatives: insufficient training in Europe

    An AREA survey shows that in the EU, only 3.5-7% of F-Gas certified personnel are trained in the use of low-GWP refrigerants, depending on the alternative used. 

    • Publication date : 2021/02/23
    • Subjects: HFCs alternatives
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  • LEGO® block structures as a solution for cryogenic temperature insulation?

    British researchers have cooled LEGO® blocks at a temperature of a few mK in an experiment which reveals a possible new application for the material which composes the popular toy.

    • Publication date : 2020/02/27
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  • U.S. Department of Energy funds 15 projects for more efficient cooling of data centres

    As part of the country’s goal to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050, over 40 million USD funding to support the development of high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for...

    • Publication date : 2023/05/30
    • Subjects: Technology
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  • 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
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  • 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…)
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  • 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
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  • 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)
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