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  • Nouvelles des membres de l’IIF : Star Refrigeration endigue une fuite d’ammoniac en un temps record (en anglais)

    L'entreprise britannique d'ingénierie du froid a récemment conduit une opération de maintenance dans une installation frigorifique d'ASDA utilisant l'ammoniac comme frigorigène.

    • Date de publication : 19/04/2018
  • Points saillants de ICCC2016: le vieillissement de l'isolation des camions frigorifiques (en anglais)

    Ce résumé se réfère à une communication présentée pendant la conférence internationale de l'IIF sur la chaîne du froid (ICCC2016) qui s'est tenue en Nouvelle Zélande. Celle-ci peut être téléchargée depuis la base de données Fridoc en utilisant le...

    • Date de publication : 25/08/2016
  • Cheers to that!

    An innovative brewery refrigeration system that uses natural CO2 gas has been conceived by engineers from the Ziemann Group in collaboration with Axima. This system, which will be of particular interest to large plants with extensive pipe networks...

    • Date de publication : 05/05/2006
  • Refrigerant news: Training in CO3

    - NVKL, the Dutch association of contractors, distributors and manufacturers, recently opened the first training centre of natural refrigerants in Europe. The new training centre is located in Ede, the Netherlands. It comprises: detection and...

    • Date de publication : 07/02/2011
  • Briefs: HFO1234yf: results of SAE investigations

    The Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) International Cooperative Research Program (CRP) presented its findings on the new alternative refrigerant for mobile air-conditioning systems HFO-1234yf. SAE is a global association of 115 000 engineers...

    • Date de publication : 25/02/2009
  • MAC developments

    While in the mobile air-conditioning (MAC) sector, R&D is focusing on alternative refrigerants to R134a (see "In the news" below), some other research projects or achievements are noteworthy: - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in...

    • Date de publication : 09/12/2009
  • Briefs: Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) equipped with CO2 air-conditioning systems

    In most automotive air-conditioning systems, fluid, heated by the engine, is circulated through the heater to warm the passenger compartment. However, in FCVs and electric vehicles, a heat source is lacking, as they do not have an internal...

    • Date de publication : 27/07/2004
  • Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) equipped with CO2 air-conditioning systems

    In most automotive air-conditioning systems, fluid, heated by the engine, is circulated through the heater to warm the passenger compartment. However, in FCVs and electric vehicles, a heat source is lacking, as they do not have an internal...

    • Date de publication : 25/05/2004
  • Integrated CO2-CHP system

    Brunel - a UK University - and 14 industrial partners in the commercial refrigeration sector have presented an innovative integrated energy system which has been designed to meet the needs of medium and large supermarkets and can be tailored to...

    • Date de publication : 11/02/2011
  • 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...

    • Date de publication : 04/02/2011
  • R&D topics

    In this issue of the Newsletter dedicated to environmental issues, we present several initiatives related to promising refrigeration technologies or applications which have the potential to decrease the environmental impact of refrigeration plants...

    • Date de publication : 05/08/2007
  • Mobile Air Conditioning: R&D is intensifying

    The Mobile Air-Conditioning sector (MAC) is currently in the news. On January 31, 2006, the European Parliament and the Council reached agreement on a Directive (to be transposed at national level) "relating to emissions from air-conditioning...

    • Date de publication : 05/05/2006
  • Briefs: Parasense

    Parasense's refrigerant monitoring has been installed in Europe's largest grocery picking centre: Sainsbury's 10 million GBP grocery picking centre in North West London processes over 15 000 customer orders a week. The Parasense equipment detects...

    • Date de publication : 15/11/2006
  • Experimental Study on Automotive Cooling and Heating Air Conditioning System Using CO2 as a Refrigerant

    This paper was presented at the IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference in Glasgow (Sep. 2004). It presents an experimental study on automotive cooling and heating air conditioning systems using CO2 as refrigerant. Recently, as one of the countermeasures...

    • Date de publication : 24/11/2004
  • A ship sinks due to refrigeration failure

    Three years ago, in April 2001, a factory freezer trawler, the Fame, sank off the coast of Labrador, Canada. According to a recent report by a provincial Transportation Safety Board, the ship sank due to a chain of events, eventually flooding the...

    • Date de publication : 25/05/2004
  • Editorial de Didier Coulomb

    The 23rd International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR2011) will take place in Prague on August 21-26, 2011. This will be the key refrigeration event in 2011 and will deal with all facets of refrigeration and refrigeration technology. Around...

    • Date de publication : 07/02/2011
  • Here are the latest IIR award-winners!

    Once every 4 years during each International Congress of Refrigeration, the IIR presents a series of prestigious scientific awards:. Gustav Lorentzen Medal: the prize is awarded to a person with...

    • Date de publication : 15/09/2011
  • IIR Working Party on Refrigerant Charge Reduction in Refrigerating Systems: Join Us!

    Suitable design of refrigerating systems has several benefits in terms of limitation of the environmental impact thanks to a reduction in the energy consumption and the limitation of refrigerant emissions. The direct greenhouse effect accounts for...

    • Date de publication : 25/10/2008
  • ICR 2011 in Prague: a Resounding Success

    Le 23e Congrès International du Froid, qui s'est tenu à Prague du 21 au 26 août 2011, a été un franc succès...

    • Date de publication : 30/08/2011
  • 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);...

    • Date de publication : 09/12/2009
  • 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...

    • Date de publication : 09/12/2009
  • The International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR)

    The IJR is the most important scientific journal in the field of refrigeration technology. It is a co-publication of Elsevier and the IIR. Eight issues are published each year, with over 15 articles per issue. Certain issues are totally or...

    • Date de publication : 26/07/2006
  • IIR Conference: Auckland

    Innovative Equipment and Systems for Comfort and Food Preservation , an IIR conference, will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 16-18, 2006. Deadlines: June 1, 2005 for abstracts and September 16, 2005 for papers. December 9, 2005:...

    • Date de publication : 14/06/2005
  • IIR committees meetings in Cambridge

    The Management Committee of the IIR met in Cambridge (UK) on March 19, 2005. It was invited by the UK Institute of Refrigeration and Cambridge Refrigeration Technology (CRT), thanks to Robert Heap. The main points discussed during were: - the...

    • Date de publication : 14/06/2005
  • Conference update: 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 this series of...

    • Date de publication : 27/05/2009
  • Valuable publications: Refrigeration Fundamentals

    Refrigeration Fundamentals: this IIR course deals with refrigeration fundamentals, components of refrigeration plants, the refrigerants and lubricants used, and control systems. It is an attractive and valuable teaching tool that technicians and...

    • Date de publication : 18/05/2009
  • Corporate members: news

    - During the IIAR's 2008 Ammonia Refrigeration and Conference, the first fundraising event, a golf tournament, was held in order to launch Ammonia Refrigeration Foundation actions. The recently formed foundation will promote charitable,...

    • Date de publication : 13/05/2008
  • Focus sur les événements du mois de juin 2021

    En juin 2021, l’IIF a organisé deux conférences : Thermag et HFO. Il a également participé aux conférences européennes sur le froid et le conditionnement d’air du Centro Studi Galileo, et à la Journée...

    • Date de publication : 29/06/2021
  • Les 474 articles des conférences de Purdue 2018 sont disponibles dès aujourd’hui !

    Les conférences de Purdue 2018, qui ont accueilli 800 participants de 30 pays différents, se sont déroulées à l’Université Purdue à West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, du 9 au 12 juillet 2018.

    • Date de publication : 06/05/2019
  • Le projet européen ENOUGH offre une bourse de doctorat au CNR-ITC de Padoue (Italie) (en anglais)

    Une bourse de doctorat sera offerte dans le cadre du projet Horizon 2020 ENOUGH. Le projet européen visera à fournir des technologies, des outils et des méthodes pour contribuer à la stratégie « de la ferme à la...

    • Date de publication : 15/02/2022
    • Sujets : Technologie, Environnement