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L'IIF à la COP29 : Rétrospective de la semaine 1
La première semaine de la COP29 à Bakou, en Azerbaïdjan, a rassemblé des dirigeants, des institutions et des acteurs de l'industrie du monde entier pour aborder les enjeux...
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News from IIR members: Sofrigam
Sofrigam has launched a new range of refrigerated pouches designed to secure the transport of vaccines throughout the cold chain right up to the last link, i.e. pharmacists, medical practitioners, nurses and patients. Sizes range from single doses...
News from IIR members: CIAT
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited CIAT in September 2009. The CIAT Group has been investing in environmentally friendly products for a number of years: heat pumps and systems addressing environmental and financial equilibria issues. CIAT...
New IIR publications: Saving Energy in Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Heat-Pump Technology
The French version of the IIR guide Saving Energy in Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Heat-Pump Technology will be published in November 2009; the goal of this guide is to provide practical ways of minimizing the energy consumption of...
New IIR publications: Guide to Refrigerated Transport
A completely revised version of the IIR Guide to Refrigerated Transport will be published late 2009. The purpose of this book prepared by Robert Heap and other IIR experts is to provide all necessary basic information on the transport of...
New IIR publications: Publications Catalogue 2009-2010
A new Publications Catalogue 2009-2010 has been published and will be disseminated during conferences and shows. You can also select and order books on line: www.iifiir.org
Obituary: Prof. A. H. C. van Paassen
Prof. A. H. C. van Paassen, Emeritus Professor in the section Energy Technology at the Faculty Design, Construction and Production of the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), died on June 30, 2009, at the age of 68. He taught courses...
Obituary: Prof. Dr Helmut Knapp
Prof. Dr Helmut Knapp, Honorary Member of the IIR and former President of IIR Commission A3 (Liquefaction and Separation of Gases) from 1979 to 1987, died at the age of 86. The IIR extends its sympathy to the families of Prof. van Paassen and...
New IIR members
The IIR welcomes the following new members: - Corporate members SB Alliance, Viroflay, France Soko Inzinjering, Krnjesevci, Serbia - Private members Mr Vincent Fargant, France Mr David Limb, Canada Mr Jianghong Wu, China - Junior...
News from IIR members: Alfa Laval
Alfa Laval is providing solutions for the fast-expanding CO2 market and has launched two new brazed heat exchanger models designed for transcritical CO2 systems for transport refrigeration, commercial refrigeration and heat-pump applications. The...
News from IIR members: Mega project for Technip
Shell Gas & Power Developments BV is joining forces with Technip and Samsung to design, build and install multiple floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities over a period of up to 15 years. Shell and Technip-Samsung also signed a...
News from IIR members: ACHPI
The Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Institute (ACHPI), was launched in the UK in September 2009. This new specialist group within the UK institute of Refrigeration (IOR) has been set up to assist all those who install, service or maintain...
News from IIR members: ARTI
ARTI, the research arm of AHRI (the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute), has contracted with a consulting firm in order to review the regulatory barriers and issues concerning low-GWP refrigerants including CO2, ammonia and...
Editorial de Didier Coulomb
Nous avons consacré les différents "Focus" de la Newsletter, depuis le début de l'année, aux mesures prises ou prévisibles dans différents pays et au niveau des Nations-Unies, dans le domaine de l'environnement et plus particulièrement des...
IIR Working Parties
The IIR has 10 commissions: Cryophysics, cryoegineering (A1); Liquefaction and separation of gases (A2); Thermodynamics and transfer processes(B1); Refrigerating equipment (B2); Cryobiology, cryomedicine (C1); Food science and engineering (C2);...
International events: Casta Papiernicka
The 7th IIR International Conference on Compressors and Coolants took place in Casta Papiernicka (Slovakia) on September 30-October 2, 2009. This IIR conference focused on the performances of compressors and the future of refrigerants (threats to...
International events: Andorra
Andorra followed by Timor-Leste, ratified the Montreal Protocol. All UN countries have now ratified it. Andorra organized a celebration and a meeting with private companies in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector on September 16-17, 2009....
International events: Brussels
Transfrigoroute International (TI) held its annual General Assembly in Brussels, Belgium, on September 17-18, 2009. The director of the IIR attended it, thanks to the IIR-TI partnership agreement.
Conference update: Tokyo
The 2010 International Symposium on Next-generation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology to be held in Tokyo on February 17-19 aims to facilitate vigorous discussions on existing technologies, market trends and technological perspectives...
Conference update: Cambridge
The 1st IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain is to be held on March 29-31, 2010. The conference, which will attract an international audience of researchers and industrialists, will bring together those with an...
Conference update: Sydney
The 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids will be held in Sydney, Australia on, April 12-14, 2010. The conference will place a heavy emphasis on natural refrigerant CO2 as a real alternative solution....
L'Institut International du Froid (IIF) avait engagé depuis 2007 une réflexion stratégique sur ses missions et ses services. Cette réflexion, au départ interne, s'est enrichie des résultats de deux enquêtes lancées au début de cette année, d'une...
International events: Des Moines
The 3rd IIR International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (THERMAG III) was held in Des Moines, Iowa, USA on May 11-15, 2009. The conference had three major themes: magnetocaloric materials (40% of papers), theory and...
International events: Ohrid
The 3rd IIR event in a series, Ammonia Refrigeration Technology, was held on May 7-9, 2009, in Ohrid, Macedonia. With 95 participants from 24 countries and 32 papers presented, the event was very successful. A key focus of these conferences is...
International events: Karlsruhe
The 8th IIR Conference on Phase-change Materials (PCMs) and Slurries took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, on June 3-5, 2009 and brought together 58 participants. It provided overviews of phase-change materials (PCMs) and slurries along with their...
