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Un nouveau cadre cherche à établir des normes pour la recherche sur les technologies de refroidissement par évaporation
Le refroidissement par évaporation suscite un intérêt croissant en tant qu’alternative économe en énergie à la climatisation classique. Une nouvelle étude scientifique menée par une équipe internationale de...
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R32 vs HFOs as alternatives to R410A
During the IIR-co-sponsored 14thInternational Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, USA, in July 2012, H. Pham and R. Rajendran presented the results of an evaluation of R32, HFO1234yf, HFO1234ze and various HFO blends as...
Cold Train in the USA
Launched in early 2010, the "Cold Train" Pacific Northwest-Chicagoland Express Refrigerated Intermodal Service operates in partnership with BNSF and the Port of Quincy, Washington.
Status and potential applications of thermal energy storage in China, Japan and South Korea
During the 10th IIR Conference on PCMs and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning held in Kobe, Japan, the status and potential applications of thermal energy storage in China, Japan and South Korea was presented
GL2012 highlights: technologies needed in order to raise uptake of natural refrigerants
Prof. Pega Hrnjak presented technologies that could advance the position of major natural refrigerants at the 2012 Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants. He claims that hydrocarbons, ammonia and CO2 could become strong contenders for...
Frozen produces less CO2 emissions than chilled food
A scientific report by Bristol-based Refrigeration Developments and Testing Ltd. suggests that frozen food emits less CO2 emissions than chilled food, contrary to popular belief.
Dalian builds China’s first CO2/NH3 cascade cold storage logistics base
China is building the largest cold storage logistics base for aquatic products in Dalian, Northeast China. The 200 000-tonne, RMB 1 billion (roughly 128 million €) cold store is said to be the first large-scale cold storage logistics base adopting...
Cryotherapy state-of-the-art and challenges in Poland
In a presentation entitled Cryotherapy State-of-the-art and Challenges in Poland, Dr M. Chorowski covers many aspects of cryotherapy and cryosurgery in Poland.
Global CO2 emissions reach all-time high in 2011
Global CO2 emissions rose by 3% in 2011 to a new record of 34 billion tonnes, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).
Recent trends in data centre cooling
Currently, keeping computer systems cool accounts for 70% of a data centre’s non-IT energy consumption. With the data centre industry growing by 12% annually, saving energy required for cooling is becoming a crucial issue and new options are being...
LG unveils world's largest home refrigerator
LG Electronics claims to have launched the world's largest home refrigerator. It has 4 doors and an internal storage capacity of 910 litres, this being 40 litres more than the largest previously existing models.
GL2012 highlights: Performance analysis of ice rinks to cut down energy use
A comparison between to Swedish ice rinks shows a roughly 33% difference in terms of energy consumption
European Union: fall in HFC usage in 2011
According to the recent European Environment Agency (EEA) “Fluorinated greenhouse gases 2011” summary on data reported under the “F-Gas Regulation”, F-gas production (-5% in weight), imports (-6%) and intra-EU sales (-12%) of F-gases fell between...
Nouveaux projets de loi sur l’élimination des HCFC et CFC en France.
Selon un représentant du Ministère de l'Environnement français, les détenteurs d'équipements frigorifiques pourraient avoir à cesser toute utilisation de HCFC avant fin 2017.
Storing energy thanks to cryocooled air
A new type of energy-storage process that can operate on a large scale.
Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
A microscopic Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) protocol designed at CEA-I²BM enables high-resolution visualization of amyloid plaques, associated with Alzheimer’s disease, 15-20 years before the first signs of dementia and memory loss appear.
US: HFO blowing agent approved by EPA
Honeywell recently announced that its new HFO-based Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent (LBA) had received final approval from EPA to be used in foam insulation in refrigerators and other applications in the US. Whirlpool Corporation will be the first...
GL2012 highlights: photovoltaic vs solar thermal cooling in Europe
In their paper presented during the 10th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants in June 2012, Kohlenbach et al. give an outlook of the current and potential situation of solar cooling in Europe.
Refrigeration is the greatest invention in the history of food and drink
The Royal Society, a pre-eminent UK national academy of science classified refrigeration as the greatest invention in the history of food and drink in a project identifying the 20 most important inventions throughout human history.
Turnaround of the ground-source heat-pump market in Japan
After having declined steadily between 2006 and 2010, the ground-source heat pump market in Japan showed 26% growth in 2011 compared with 2010.
World HVAC Equipment Market
World demand for HVAC equipment is expected to rise 6.1% per year through 2016
New NIST screening method for refrigerants
Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a computational method to identify candidate low-GWP refrigerant fluids. The method identified 1234 promising low-GWP chemicals among 56 203 considered.
GL2012 highlights: latent cold thermal storage: the energetic benefits
In response to German climate protection goals, requiring 80-95 % cuts in CO2 emissions before 2050, Michael Kauffeld presented a paper on “The Energetic Benefit of Latent Cold Thermal Energy Storage” at the 10th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on...
Daimler decides not to switch to R1234yf
After having examined real-life scenarios conducted using R1234yf, Daimler, the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz cars, has announced its intention to stick to R134a instead of implementing R1234yf in its automobile air-conditioning systems.
India: temperature abuse warning via SMS for vaccines
The device is meant to SMS authorities on faulty vaccine carriers.
Australian LNG exports to triple
National exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could more than triple to 63 million tonnes per annum by 2016-2017.
