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  • Benefits of thermal energy storage

    The use of thermal storage, coupled to a refrigeration unit, allows the user to reduce the cooling capacity of installed units, to lower operating costs and electric bills, to increase plant reliability and to provide an effective solution for...

    • Date de publication : 29/03/2013
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  • Briefs: Dehumidification and cooling system cuts energy consumption by 43% in meat processing plant

    Cooling and dehumidification costs in a meat plant in Germany have been reduced by a system using hot and cold water from other processes. According to DuCool, TönniesFleisch plant in Rheda-Wiedenbrück is saving annually 165 000 € in electricity...

    • Date de publication : 13/08/2009
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  • The HCFC phase-out challenge (2)

    - Following the decision taken in September 2007 by the signatory countries of the Montreal Protocol to accelerate by 10 years the phase-out schedule of HCFCs, the IIR has decided to have a regular section in the Newsletter dedicated to this...

    • Date de publication : 13/05/2008
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  • Extraire les cannabinoïdes à l’aide de la cryogénie

    Plusieurs entreprises spécialistes des gaz liquéfiés se lancent dans le développement de systèmes fonctionnant à l’azote liquide à destination des producteurs de cannabidiol (CBD).  

    • Date de publication : 27/05/2022
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  • Star in the Shetlands: Star Refrigeration

    Star Refrigeration, a corporate member of the IIR, has equipped Shetland Catch Ltd. with new blast-freezing equipment, raising the capacity from 200 to over 750 tonnes per day. Shetland Catch's plant near Lerwick is now probably the largest...

    • Date de publication : 10/11/2004
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  • The HCFC phase-out challenge (4)

    The results of a recent study* sponsored by the refrigerants manufacturer DuPont show that 65% of refrigerating plants in 9 key European Union markets were still using HCFC refrigerants 18 months before the ban on use of virgin HCFCs in EU...

    • Date de publication : 25/10/2008
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  • Trends

    - World: China and Denmark are the world's major reefer container manufacturers, and the refrigerating equipment used in China is generally US technology produced under licence in China . In 2002, over 80% of all reefer containers produced...

    • Date de publication : 14/06/2005
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  • The HCFC phase-out challenge

    - The Montreal Protocol (MP) is unanimously considered as a resounding success of the international community. As of 2006, according to UNEP, the 191 Parties which have ratified the MP have reduced their consumption of ozone-depleting...

    • Date de publication : 12/02/2008
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  • IIR Member news: CIAT is 70!

    CIAT (Compagnie Industrielle d'Applications Thermiques), a corporate member of the IIR, has just celebrated its 70th birthday. Famous for having ventilated the Cheops Pyramid, CIAT manufactures a broad range of air-conditioning and air-handling...

    • Date de publication : 27/07/2004
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  • Mine cooling

    Cooling the world's deepest single-shaft mine: cooling Anglogold Mponeng gold mine in Gauteng, South Africa, is a challenge - the mine is 3.68 km deep and without cooling, temperatures can reach 60°C at the mine face. Six 3.5 MW Eco-Vim...

    • Date de publication : 28/01/2006
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  • Illegal trade in ODS

    Some recent facts show the difficulty to tackle the illegal disposal of CFC appliances and CFCs and HCFCs trading issues: - The German business magazine Capital divulged that CFC-containing refrigeration appliances were discovered in two car...

    • Date de publication : 12/08/2008
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  • 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
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  • L'efficacité énergétique des équipements de CVC peut pâtir d'une mauvaise installation (en anglais)

    Une étude du NIST montre que les avantages liés à l'amélioration de l'efficacité énergétique peuvent être réduits à néant si les équipements frigorifiques ne sont pas correctement installés.

    • Date de publication : 02/12/2014
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  • Supermarket news

    Tesco ( Thailand ) has almost completed a 5-year £18-million programme to replace all CFCs and HCFCs used in its stores and is replacing refrigerating equipment with highly energy-efficient systems. Energy consumption has dropped 30%, this being...

    • Date de publication : 14/06/2005
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  • CHEs in heat pumps

    In its Annex 33, "Compact Heat Exchangers in Heat Pumping Equipment" issued in September 2010, the Heat Pump Programme details the benefits of using compact heat exchangers (CHEs): . Improved heat exchanger thermal effectiveness: thermal...

    • Date de publication : 07/02/2011
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  • Cryogénie alimentaire : applications de l’azote liquide

    L'adoption de procédés cryogéniques dans l'industrie agroalimentaire repose principalement sur l'azote liquide, qui est l’alternative de prédilection aux techniques de froid...

    • Dernière mise à jour : 07/11/2023
    • Langues : Français, Anglais
    • Thèmes : Congélation des aliments
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  • La fabrication additive d’échangeurs de chaleur

    Dans l'industrie du froid, la fabrication additive (communément appelée « impression 3D ») permet de fabriquer des géométries d'échangeurs de chaleur novatrices, complexes et...

    • Dernière mise à jour : 07/09/2022
    • Langues : Français, Anglais
    • Thèmes : Evaporateurs, condenseurs et autres échangeurs thermiques
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  • Frigorigènes : les hydrocarbures

    Les hydrocarbures tels que le R290 (propane), le R600a (isobutane) ou le R1270 (propène/propylène) sont des frigorigènes naturels non toxiques à faible PRP et dotés d'excellentes...

    • Dernière mise à jour : 22/06/2022
    • Langues : Français, Anglais
    • Thèmes : Hydrocarbures, Confinement, réduction de la charge en frigorigène
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