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  • Briefs: English pears all year round

    Tesco, a UK-based retailer, has announced the availability of English pears all year round. Until now, the autumn fruit, which some consider the best in the world, was only available from September-May. Tesco's biggest pear supplier, Adrian...

    • Date de publication : 11/02/2011
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  • Magnetic-bearing centrifugal compressors

    This new compressor technology - presented at the 2003 AHR Expo in Chicago - may have a significant effect on the future of mid-range chillers and rooftop applications in water-cooled, evaporatively cooled and air-cooled chilled-water and...

    • Date de publication : 27/07/2004
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  • 100 years of superconductivity

    April 8, 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity by Heike Kammerlingh Onnes. Working in his lab at Leiden University on April 8, 1911, he was experimenting with the electrical...

    • Date de publication : 26/07/2011
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  • Compressors: Oil-free linear compressor

    Linear technology could become the predominant energy-efficient refrigeration compressor design, according to Brazilian manufacturer Embraco which unveiled a domestic compressor offering linear technology with variable capacity, eliminating the...

    • Date de publication : 11/02/2011
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  • Briefs: Magnetic-levitation bearing system

    The world's first large tonnage magnetic-levitation bearing air-cooled chiller for air conditioning is being installed in the American Embassy in Tokyo. The 2520-kW chiller plant consists of 12 MagLev Chiller modules. OBO, which installed it,...

    • Date de publication : 04/05/2007
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  • Eurofreeze Contest for Young Researchers

    The International Workshop Eurofreeze 2005 on Individual Quick Freezing of Foods was held in Sofia (Bulgaria) on January 13-15, 2005. It was organized by the Refrigeration Science and Technology Division of the Technical University of Sofia, with...

    • Date de publication : 26/04/2005
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  • The European Intermodal Research Advisory Council

    The European Intermodal Research Advisory Council, set up on May 3, 2005, forms the basis for coordinated intermodal research strategy for Europe. Composed of some 50 key players from large intermodal businesses, intermodal rail and road...

    • Date de publication : 19/07/2005
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  • Briefs: Cryogenic treatment of heart diseases

    Russia has made its first steps in the cryogenic treatment of heart arrhythmia. A new method was recently implemented by specialists at the V. A. Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre in St. Petersburg. Cryotechnology is used for...

    • Date de publication : 04/02/2011
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  • Briefs: ARTI's 21st Century Research Program

    During the 2004 ASHRAE Winter meeting in Anaheim, results from several research projects initiated under the ARTI (Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute) 21st Century Research Program - initiated by ARI (Air-Conditioning and...

    • Date de publication : 28/04/2004
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  • The heart inspires a new cooling system

    In August 2004, at the Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference in Portland, engineers from Oregon State University in the US, presented a new successful desorption system using branching microchannels. The system was inspired by the human blood pumping...

    • Date de publication : 14/09/2004
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  • Briefs: ASHRAE to fund research on CO2

    For the first time, ASHRAE is to support research on CO2 (R744) in industrial refrigeration. Thanks to an USD 90 000 grant from ASHRAE, Washington State University (WSU) will conduct research on heat exchangers for sub-critical applications over a...

    • Date de publication : 12/02/2008
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  • GeoExchange coalition: promoting earth-energy heat pumps

    A coalition for the promotion of earth-energy heat pumps, called the GeoExchange Coalition has been formed in Canada. Five electric utilities formed this coalition in an effort to significantly increase the number of annual installations for...

    • Date de publication : 14/09/2004
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  • US research projects to cut AC energy consumption

    The 15 projects selected by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) – within the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) are developing new approaches and technologies for building cooling equipment and air...

    • Date de publication : 19/09/2012
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  • Brief: Transfrigoroute International is 50 years old!

    Its 24th Congress took place in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) on September 22-24, 2005. The President of Transfrigoroute International, the President of Commission D2 and the Director of the IIR met in order to reinforce the partnership agreement...

    • Date de publication : 26/10/2005
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  • Directories: European Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Yearbook

    This directory enables refrigeration and air-conditioning practitioners to contact manufacturers, contractors, logistics specialists, trade organizations and training centres. agpubli@wanadoo.fr

    • Date de publication : 28/04/2004
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