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  • Out of ordinary: Chilled Medieval Book

    A 1000-year-old Book of Psalms has been discovered by a construction worker in Ireland and is now stored in refrigeration at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The book was found in a bog and the tannic acid content of the bog is thought to...

    • Publication date : 2007/02/12
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  • Out of the ordinary: Ötzi

    Ötzi's last days are turning into a 5000-year-old murder case. New investigations by researchers have established the chronology of the injuries that Ötzi, the glacier man preserved as a frozen mummy, sustained in his last days. It has now been...

    • Publication date : 2009/12/09
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  • Briefs: Chameleon tiles for energy savings

    It is a well-known fact that dark surfaces absorb the sun's heat, whereas white surfaces reflect it. US Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, considers that turning all roofs white would eliminate as much greenhouse gas emissions in 20 years as the...

    • Publication date : 2010/03/07
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  • European seminar on CO2 at the University of Milan

    Centro Studi Galileo, collective member of the IIR, will organize on Saturday November 27, 2004, together with the Centre of research for Environmental and Manufacturing Studies of the University of Milan, a European seminar on CO2, with the...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/12
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  • High efficiency, low carbon supermarket refrigeration

    This paper was presented at the IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference in Glasgow (Sep. 2004). A new but simple high efficiency refrigeration system design suitable for use in supermarkets has been developed based on standard components so that...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/24
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  • AC Market in Europe

    According to Daikin Industries Ltd., the European air-conditioning (AC) market has features that could appear as commercial obstacles, including relatively mild climate, even in Mediterranean areas. Concern for cityscape issues leads to resistance...

    • Publication date : 2006/07/26
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  • HFO-1234yf news

    HFO-1234yf, developed by DuPont and Honeywell as a substitute for HFC-134a in mobile air-conditioning applications in response to EU 2006/40 Directive which bans the use of refrigerants with a GWP higher than 150 in new types of vehicles by...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/04
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  • Japan imported 87.5 Mt of LNG in 2013

    Japan's LNG imports remained stable in volume (+0.2%) in 2013.

    • Publication date : 2014/02/08
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  • 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
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  • Chilled food cold chain in France

    Results of a cold chain study in France carried out in 2013 within the European FRISBEE project were published in the International Journal of Refrigeration.

    • Publication date : 2015/11/13
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  • R32, a short-term candidate to replace R22 in China?

    HFC-32 attracted attention during ICR2011 in Prague: it was the subject of 12 papers. It is the main component of HFC-410A with which it shares similar thermodynamic properties, but at a lower price and with a lower GWP (675).

    • Publication date : 2011/12/27
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  • Insufficient cold chains in Ukraine

    Statistics show that around 50-60% of fruit and vegetables harvested in Ukraine are lost due to insufficient logistics and cold chains.

    • Publication date : 2012/02/20
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Global chiller sales trends in 2012

    According to BSRIA, the world chiller market is very likely to experience a slight dip in value in 2012 related to the overall global economic situation.

    • Publication date : 2013/02/08
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Slight increase in HFC consumption in 2020 in Europe

    In 2020, HFC consumption in Europe increased by 7% compared to 2019 but remains in compliance with the requirements of the F-Gas Regulation, according to the European Environment Agency. 

    • Publication date : 2022/01/28
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  • Indian LNG demand shows rapid growth due to high demand

    The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas claims that LNG accounted for 41% of India’s total gas consumption in 2012 - 2013 and will account50% in 2013 – 2014: a 25% rise.

    • Publication date : 2014/05/21
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