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  • The benefits of linear compressors

    Three articles published recently in the IJR illustrate the strength of R&D work around linear compressors and highlight the benefits of these, especially in commercial and domestic...

    • Publication date : 2020/02/27
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    domestic refrigerator

  • A strong global compressor market

    The almost 12% growth in the refrigeration compressor market over the 2020-2023 period reflects the vitality of the refrigeration sector. Centrifugal compressors and semi-hermetic reciprocating compressors...

    • Publication date : 2024/04/26
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  • Energy savings in a milk plant through permanent magnet speed motors (en français)

    A Belgian milk plant reduces by 18 to 21% the necessary energy for cooling through permanent magnet speed motors. (en français)

    • Publication date : 2016/09/09
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  • Climate control in the Gibraltar tunnel project

    A project for a tunnel linking Punta Paloma in Spain and Malabata Point in Morocco and currently in preparatory phase raises some interesting and crucial climate control issues. Governments of both nations appointed the Swiss engineer Giovanni...

    • Publication date : 2008/05/13
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  • Briefs: Cooling the Venus rover

    One of the main technical challenges in sending a probe on Venus is the searing temperatures on the planet's surface: 450°C, enough to melt lead! Several probes landed on Venus in the 1970s and early 1980s, but never lasted more than two hours....

    • Publication date : 2008/05/13
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  • ICR2007: CO2 in the limelight

    Among the 876 papers presented at the IIR International Congress of Refrigeration in Beijing, 82 were on CO2 as a refrigerant or secondary fluid. Many dealt with new components for CO2, the lack of such components being currently still one of the...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • A design for a liquid-nitrogen-powered vehicle engine could provide an alternative to batteries and fuel cells

    The engine developed by Dearman Engine Company (DEC), which is driven by the pressure created as liquid nitrogen (LN2) returns to its gas form could provide a way of powering a vehicle without producing CO2 tailpipe emissions but with a longer...

    • Publication date : 2012/03/26
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  • Mobile CO2 refrigeration system using a new energy recovery compressor

    The US Army is investing USD 1 million to build and test a mobile refrigeration system demonstration prototype using a new energy recovery compressor that utilizes CO2 as a refrigerant.

    • Publication date : 2016/08/08
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  • World refrigeration compressor market

    In 2019, the world refrigeration compressor market recorded a significant increase but the growth rate has noticeably decreased, mainly due to the decline in the Chinese air conditioning market.Inevitably, the...

    • Publication date : 2020/06/26
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Linear compressors for refrigeration: benefits and challenges

    Linear compressors have significant advantages over conventional crank-driven compressors, but the main challenge remains cost.

    • Publication date : 2018/05/04
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  • The global refrigeration compressor market

    Bien que pénalisé par la pandémie de Covid-19 qui a fortement impacté le secteur du conditionnement d’air, le marché des compresseurs a progressé dans certains domaines tels que la chaîne du froid, l’industrie...

    • Publication date : 2021/04/29
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • The Canadian HVAC Market.

    According to the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), residential air conditioning shipments increased by 3% between the 2nd quarter 2012 and the 2nd quarter 2013.

    • Publication date : 2013/11/12
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • US research projects to cut AC energy consumption

    The 15 projects selected by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) – within the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) are developing new approaches and technologies for building cooling equipment and air...

    • Publication date : 2012/09/19
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  • 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
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  • The Canadian HVAC Market. First quarter 2014

    According to the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (information provided by ReportLinker), air-handler sales showed the largest increase in the first quarter of 2014.

    • Publication date : 2014/07/23
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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