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The treatment with vapors of essential oils in the vacuum cooling has a significant effect on surface microbial decontamination of fresh vegetables.

• Author(s) : LÓPEZ GÓMEZ A., ROS-CHUMILLAS M., SOTO JOVER S., et al.
• Publication date: 2019/08/24
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Contamination, Lifetime, Vacuum, Chilling, Microbiological quality, Fresh produce, Vegetable, Oil, Expérimentation, Spice
• Source: Proceedings of the 25^th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Montréal , Canada, August 24-30, 2019.
• Formats : PDF

The Indian cold chain industry - An overview. YES Bank - Dutch Embassy collaborative study.

• Author(s) : VERHEY W., PURI N.
• Publication date: 2015
• Languages : English

The effect of freezing storage on the microbiological quality of some spice plants.

• Author(s) : WÓJCIK-STOPCZYNSKA B., JADCZAK D.
• Publication date: 2007
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Microbiology, Quality, Seedling, Spice, Cold storage, Freezing
• Source: Veg. Crops Res. Bull. - vol. 66

Study of the combined effect of spices and marination on beef meat vacuum packaged.

• Author(s) : ISTRATI D., CONSTANTIN O., IONESCU A., et al.
• Publication date: 2011/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Oxidation, Lipid, Vacuum, Meat, Beef, Bacteria, Spice, Packaging
• Source: Annals of the University "Dunarea de Jos" of Galati (The), Fascicle VI. Food Technology - vol. 35 - n. 2

Effect of spices and organic acids on the growth of Clostridium perfringens during cooling of cooked ground beef.

• Author(s) : SABAH J. R., JUNEJA V. K., FUNG D. Y. C.
• Publication date: 2004/09
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Clostridium, Mince, Microbiology, Meat, Treatment, Chilling, Beef, Cooked food, Spice, Packaging, Growth, Organic acid
• Source: Journal of Food Protection - vol. 67 - n. 9

Effect of spice mix and curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) powder on the quality of raw meat and precooked chicken patties during refrigeration storage.

• Author(s) : BISWAS A. K., KONDAIAH N., ANJANEYULU A. S. R.
• Publication date: 2006/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Poultry, Antioxidant, Quality, Cut, Chicken, Spice, Cold storage, Additive
• Source: Int. J. Food Sci. Technol. - vol. 43 - n. 4

Ziola mrozone: lepsze od suszonych?

Frozen herbs: are they better than dried ones?

• Author(s) : JAKOWIENKO P., WÓJCIK-STOPCZYÑSKA B.
• Publication date: 2008
• Languages : Polish
• Keywords : Quality, Plant product, Process, Grass, Spice, Freezing
• Source: Przemysl Spozywczy - vol. 62 - n. 9

Fates of seeded Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella on selected fresh culinary herbs during refrigerated storage.

• Author(s) : HSU W. Y., SIMONNE A., JITAREERAT P.
• Publication date: 2006/08
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Salmonella, Survival, Grass, Escherichia, Spice, Cold storage
• Source: Journal of Food Protection - vol. 69 - n. 8

Effect of precooling on the postharvest quality of parsley leaves.

• Author(s) : ALVARES V. S., FINGER F. L., SANTOS R. C. de A., et al.
• Publication date: 2007/04
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Precooling, Parsley, Quality, Expérimentation, Spice, Cold storage
• Source: J. Food Agric. Environ. - vol. 5 - n. 2

Potential application of low dose gamma irradiation to improve the microbiological safety of fresh coriander leaves.

• Author(s) : KAMAT A., PINGULKAR K., BHUSHAN B., et al.
• Publication date: 2003/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Irradiation, Microbiology, Variety, Bacteria, Quality, Spice, Cold storage
• Source: Food Control The International Journal of HACCP and Food Safety - vol. 14 - n. 8

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Slow growth storage and cryopreservation: tools to facilitate germplasm maintenance of vegetatively propagated crops in living plant collections.

• Author(s) : KELLER E. R. J., SENULA A., LEUNUFNA S., et al.
• Publication date: 2006/05
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Potato, Genetics, Garlic, Database, Seedling, Meristem, Vegetable, Spice, Cryopreservation
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 29 - n. 3
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Influence of the type of packaging and storage conditions on tamarind (Tamarindus indica) pulp quality.

• Author(s) : NAGALAKSHMI S., CHEZHIYAN N.
• Publication date: 2004/09
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Variety, Quality, Pulp, Parameter, Spice, Cold storage, Packaging, Storage condition
• Source: Int. J. Food Sci. Technol. - vol. 41 - n. 5

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Antimicrobial activity of vanillin and some essential oils against Listeria monocytogenes in semiskimmed milk.

• Author(s) : CAVA R., TABOADA A., LÓPEZ GÓMEZ A., et al.
• Publication date: 2007/08/21
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Pasteurization, Milk, Listeria, Reduction, Aroma, Skimmed milk, Spice, Cold storage, Additive
• Source: ICR 2007. Refrigeration Creates the Future. Proceedings of the 22^nd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration.
• Formats : PDF

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A review of additional preservation hurdles in cook-chill technology.

• Author(s) : RYBKA S., KAILASAPATHY K., ARGURASHVALLY R., et al.
• Publication date: 1999/09/19
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Food, Microbiology, Treatment, Rapid chilling, Recommendation, Ph, Spice, Ionizing irradiation, Cooking, Additive, Sodium chloride
• Source: 20^th International Congress of Refrigeration: Refrigeration into the Third Millennium.
• Formats : PDF

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Developing cryogenic solutions for customer applications.

• Author(s) : WIELAND R.
• Publication date: 1998/05/12
• Languages : English
• Source: Cryogenics '98. Proceedings of the Fifth Cryogenics Conference.
• Formats : PDF

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

News from the space: ammonia air conditioning for International Space Station

Astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery completed a 6-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station in September 2009, installing a new ammonia refrigerant tank. They removed an 816 kg ammonia tank from a cargo carrier attached to the...

• Publication date : 2009/12/09

CAL - NASA’s Space Cryocooler

NASA’s new facility, Cold Atom Lab (CAL), expected to reach effective temperatures down to 100 pico-Kelvin (pK), will be used for the study of ultra-cold quantum gases in the microgravity environment on the International Space Station (ISS). (en...

• Publication date : 2014/07/03

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Cryogenic testing has now been completed for the final 6 primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that will fly on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

• Publication date : 2012/08/03

Chicago Spire skyscraper

The Chicago Spire skyscraper is to be built in Chicago, USA. The 7-sided tapering, twisting tower was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The 150-floor 278 709 m² building is being developed by Garrett Kelleher of Shelbourne...

• Publication date : 2008/01/23

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

Briefs: Walking in space

Interested in spacesuits? Spacesuits have to protect the human body from the extreme conditions encountered in space where temperatures can range from 135°C in direct sunlight to -82°C in areas of shadow. Cooling during spacewalking is provided...

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

News from the space: Hubble

Following repairs to its cooling system, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, uncovering new worlds, peering deeper into space, and mapping the invisible backbone of the universe. The first images from the refurbished Hubble showcase...

• Publication date : 2009/12/09

Briefs: Cryocooling in outer space

MELFI (Minus Eighty degrees Celsius Laboratory Freezer) has been developed for the International Space Station (ISS) under a European Space Agency (ESA) contract for NASA. It is used to preserve biological and scientific samples until they return...

• Publication date : 2007/11/20

Changes in the use of cryogenic propellants in space

Near-term exploration beyond low Earth orbit will require the use of cryogenic propellants and in-space cryogenic propellant storage durations will exceed our current capabilities by at least two orders of magnitude. This will require the...

• Publication date : 2012/09/17

The heart inspires a new cooling system

In August 2004, at the Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference in Portland, engineers from Oregon State University in the US, presented a new successful desorption system using branching microchannels. The system was inspired by the human blood pumping...

• Publication date : 2004/09/14

Cryogenic applications: Cooling largest outer-space telescope

In his presentation on cryogenics applications at the IIR-AFF centenary conference in Paris (see Focus), Philippe Lebrun, President of the IIR's Section A, mentioned cryogenic detectors of cosmic signals and cited Herschel probe as an example. The...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

5 natural air-conditioning designs inspired by nature

The high electricity consumption for air-conditioning is a problem that a new group of designers are trying to solve by mimicking Mother Nature's craftiness.

• Publication date : 2013/09/19

Briefs: double-effect trigeneration for energy savings in French space centre

The Centre Spatial de Toulouse, which is part of the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales is now equipped with a large-scale trigeneration plant. The Centre comprises 60 buildings and employs 2500 employees and until 2002 also had a huge...

• Publication date : 2009/12/09

Zero refrigerant in occupied spaces thanks to Hybrid-VRF air-conditioning system.

Mitsubishi Electric launches a Hybrid-VRF (HVRF) air-conditioning system which uses no refrigerant within a buildings' occupied spaces.

• Publication date : 2013/10/04

Climespace

Who cools the Louvre, the French parliament, the Paris Opera House, the Bank of France, Chanel, Dior, Galeries Lafayette, several 5-star hotels and many other buildings? The answer is Climespace. With 475 customers, 5 million m² cooled and...

• Publication date : 2011/02/04

Singapore event postponed : watch this space

Due to the current world economic situation, the IIR, the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) have postponed the 1st IIR International Cold Chain Conference which...

• Publication date : 2009/02/24

New IIR Informatory Note on Air-source heat pumps for space heating and cooling

The IIR has issued a new Informatory Note on Air source heat pumps for space heating and cooling. A summary for policymakers and a Chinese version of this note have also been published.

• Publication date : 2021/02/23

COOL-SAVE stakeholders in EU project COOL-SAVE hold a progress meeting in Rome

From July 3-4, stakeholders in EU project COOL-SAVE held a progress meeting in Rome, under the auspices of consortium partner Federalimentare.

• Publication date : 2014/07/04

International events: Moscow

The First International Scientific Conference on Industrial Gases was held at Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MMSTU) in Moscow on March 11, 2009, under the auspices of the IIR. It marked the 100th anniversary of the First Congress of...

• Publication date : 2009/05/18

HARFKO 2015: More successful than ever welcomes UNEP Ozone2Climate Roundtable & Roadshow

Last week the IIR was delighted to participate in the 13th Heating, Air-conditioning, Refrigeration & Fluid Exhibition – KOREA (HARFKO 2015).

• Publication date : 2015/03/18

Interview: Director General of the IIR gives an overview of the trends of the refrigeration sector

In the 2018-2019 international special issue of the Industria & Formazione magazine, Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration, Didier Coulomb, gives an overview of the impact of the refrigeration sector on climate...

• Publication date : 2019/02/19

Past events: The IIR around the world, December 2022

IIR's participation in MOP 34 and the SIFA fair in Lyon.

• Publication date : 2022/12/13

Lima : A step towards an international climate agreement in 2015 ?

An outline for future negotiations during the Paris conference in 2015.

• Publication date : 2014/12/23

The latest news on refrigeration conferences

Call for abstracts, Early Bird registration, get the latest!

• Publication date : 2015/10/20

ERC Grant Awarded to Steffen Grohmann for Advancing Cryogenic Technology

Steffen Grohmann, President of IIR Commission A1, receives an advanced grant from the European Research Council for his innovative cryogenic technology project: GRAVITHELIUM, a key technology for the Einstein...

• Publication date : 2024/04/26

IIR member news: Daikin launches new VRV solution

Daikin has launched a new VRV solution to meet the specific demands of city and urban locations where space is limited and customers want an invisible air conditioning solution.

• Publication date : 2015/09/20

Member news: Automated order-pickup kiosks use containers from Carrier Transicold

Member news: grocery kiosks are being set up in Estonia. The CO2 refrigeration system is supplied by Carrier Transicold. 

• Publication date : 2021/04/29

IIR Conferences: Statement by the Director General

The Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration, Yosr Allouche, invites participants from around the world to join the upcoming IIR conferences, which are open to all. 

• Publication date : 2024/11/27

IIR Seminar in Tunis brings to the forefront the social and economic strategic importance of the cold chain

Recognising the social and economic importance of this issue on a global scale, the IIR organised a seminar on the Logistics For Transport Of Foodstuffs Under Controlled Temperatures In Hot Countries on October 25, 2016 in Tunis (Tunisia),...

• Publication date : 2016/12/14

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

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