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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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Nouvelles de Copenhague
La Conférence COP-15 sur le changement climatique est presque finie. Malgré des discussions nombreuses et longues, aucun réel progrès n'a été réalisé en vue d'accords ultérieurs. De nombreux chefs d'état et de gouvernements ont présenté des...
Briefs: Ice slurries, heart attack victims and surgery patients
In cardiac arrest victims, without fresh oxygen from blood pumped through the body, brain cells start to die in just minutes. Within 10-20 minutes after the heart stops beating, even if doctors can get the heart beating again, the brain has died....
Briefs: solar air-conditioning prototype
As part of the European programme Solera, CEA LITEN researchers recently set up a 4.5-kW solar air-conditioning prototype in the facilities of the INES (French National Institute of Solar Energy) in Chambéry in the French Alps, where the system...
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...
Briefs: CERN: LHC relaunch
CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year. All tests on the machine's high-current electrical connections have now been completed and demonstrate that no further...
Briefs: Swiss supermarket chain COOP chooses CO2
COOP has implemented CO2 as refrigerant of choice for low-and medium-temperature applications and aims at becoming CO2 neutral by 2023. The first supermarket has been equipped with a CO2 booster system engineered by Frigo-Consulting AG. A central...
Briefs: phase-out of HCFCs
The December 31, 2009 deadline for the phase-out of HCFCs is expected to generate important problems in many countries: - In the US, no HCFC-22 can be produced or imported for use in refrigerating equipment manufactured after December 31, 2009....
Briefs: China
China aims to save 75 TWh of power consumption per year - the equivalent of 75 million tonnes of CO2e by promoting energy-efficient air conditioners and other home appliances. The National Development and Reform Commission has detailed the first...
Briefs: USA
- The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published on August 31 the first energy efficiency standards for refrigerated vending machines. The new standards take effect in 2012 and over the following 30 years, DOE estimates it will save about 47 TWh...
Briefs: Incentives for energy-efficient refrigerators
- US measures A USD 300 million programme, similar to what Stråberg suggested for Sweden, was recently announced by President Barack Obama. The US package will authorize states to create rebates with an expected value of USD 50-200 for each...
Markets and figures: heat pump market
The heat pump market is growing fast, especially in Europe and in Asia: - In Europe, a recent report from Frost & Sullivan found that the heat pump market - covering commercial, residential, public and industrial applications - earned over €...
Markets and figures: Australia
According to EcoLibrium, no less than 29 million air-conditioning and refrigeration devices are used in Australia, which represents 1.33 devices per inhabitant and 45@000 GWh of electricity, i.e. 22% of national consumption; 40 Mt CO2e are...
Markets and figures: India - cold storage shortage
A recent report by KPMG and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) points out the massive shortfall in cold storage facilities for India's agricultural produce by more than 10 million tons: only about 21.7 million...
Briefs: MAC news
Following a request of the European Automobile Manufacturer's Association for a 2-year delay, European Industry Commissioner G. Verheugen has confirmed that from January 1, 2011, no new EU type approvals for passenger cars and light-commercial...
Briefs: Doubt on the air quality in airplanes
The Committee on Toxicity, an independent group of experts consulted by the British government estimated that 1% of all daily passenger air flights were affected by smoke incidents in the cabin, and airlines acknowledge 0.05%. in the United States...
Briefs: Middle East - DuPont expresses anger over counterfeit R22 and R134a refrigerants
DuPont has set up a task force to help local authorities deal with refrigerant counterfeits in the Middle East, it claims are potentially harmful. Pascal Faidy, business manager at DuPont Fluorochemical Refrigerants, claims they were dangerous for...
Briefs: Financial benefits of frozen food highlighted
A study commissioned by the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) and conducted by the Manchester Food Research Centre concluded that it was more cost-effective for foodservice establishments to buy prepared frozen alternatives, rather than to...
Briefs: Russia
The 8th International Specialized Exhibition Cryogen-Expo will be held on November 10-12, 2009 by the Exhibition Company Mir-Expo and under the auspices of the IIR, the International Academy of Refrigeration and the Ukrainian Association of...
Briefs: Vth Spanish Congress
The Vth Spanish Congress and IIIrd Ibero-American Congress on Refrigeration Science and Technology - CYTEF 2009 were held on September 23-25, 2009 at the University Jaume I of Castellon, Spain. 120 researchers from 12 countries took part. 85...
Africa: First Ozone village in Africa
The Nigerian government announced in August 2009 that it intends to build a revolutionary ozone village in Ogun State. The project will feature locally manufactured prototype ozone-friendly systems, CFC recovery and recycling, and hydrocarbon...
Africa: a project to replace CFC chillers in Africa
A new UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) joint project aims at replacing chillers in several African countries. A survey conducted in Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Senegal and Sudan, identified...
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...
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...
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...
Out of the ordinary: Outdoor fridge
If you've always wanted to relax outside and not rush back to your kitchen to get cool drinks and food all the time, here's the ideal fridge for barbecues and outdoor parties.
