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  • High-efficiency inverter scroll compressors

    Summary of an interesting paper from the 2016 Purdue Conference on compressors.

    • Publication date : 2017/03/08
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  • Global scroll and absorption chillers market perspectives

    According to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, the global scroll & absorption chillers market is expected to grow from USD 5.61 Billion in 2015 to USD 7.13 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 4.1% between 2016 and 2022.

    • Publication date : 2016/09/05
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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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  • Performance test results of alternative low-GWP refrigerants to R410A

    Emerson Climate Technologies has published the results of drop-in tests of new low GWP refrigerants, L41b and DR5, in a R410A scroll compressor.

    • Publication date : 2014/06/18
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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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  • 2018: a positive year for the French air-conditioning market

    Residential and light commercial split units, as well as VRF systems, registered a strong growth.

    • Publication date : 2019/06/28
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • How to improve the energy efficiency of cold stores in India

    A report commissioned by the World Bank Group presents energy efficiency measures for the design of post-harvest and cold storage warehouses in India. 

    • Publication date : 2022/07/08
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Developing country
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  • Assessment of the environmental impact of domestic refrigerators using LCCP

    The environmental impact of domestic refrigerators over their lifetime has been quantified in different configurations (operating cycles, materials, insulation) in a recent IJR article. 

    • Publication date : 2021/02/23
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  • IIR GL2020 conference: Range of CO2 applications

    Almost half of the presentations at the IIR Gustav Lorentzen conference in Kyoto focused on CO2, in commercial refrigeration systems but also in many other applications. Overview of these...

    • Publication date : 2021/01/26
    • Subjects: HFCs alternatives
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  • Transport and storage sharing

    The Sustainable Distribution Initiative, a cooperation scheme aimed at responding to spiralling energy costs and the demands of consumers to reduce the number of food miles in product distribution is being initiated by IGD, a food and grocery...

    • Publication date : 2008/10/25
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  • Price of air conditioners to rise

    Raw materials make up some 90% of the cost of a room air conditioner: 30% copper, 45% steel plate and 15% aluminium.According to World Bank data, the price of copper roughly doubled between 2009 and early 2011, that of steel plate rose by...

    • Publication date : 2011/08/16
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  • Briefs: Heinen

    Heinen claims that its new, compact spiral freezer reduces defrosting time and allows longer production periods without defrosting thanks to a programmable air-cooler rinsing system that sprinkles warm water over the air coolers. Another feature...

    • Publication date : 2006/07/26
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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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  • 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
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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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  • 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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