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  • Sound waves to chill ice cream

    On April 15, 2004, Earth Day, Ben & Jerry's announced the development of an environmentally friendly thermoacoustic chilling prototype. Following a company-wide audit of Ben & Jerry's refrigeration uses and its impact on the environment,...

    • Date de publication : 27/07/2004
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  • Sound waves to chill ice cream

    On April 15, 2004: "Earth Day", Ben & Jerry's ice-cream producers announced the development of an environmentally friendly thermoacoustic chilling prototype. Following a company-wide audit of Ben & Jerry's refrigeration uses and its impact...

    • Date de publication : 25/05/2004
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  • Des irrégularités constatées dans des usines chinoises utilisant de l'ammoniac (en anglais)

    Treize usines utilisant de l'ammoniac ont été pénalisés pour ne pas avoir procédé à des contrôles de sécurité après la fuite dans l'usine de réfrigération Weng, qui a coûté la vie à 15 personnes en août dernier.

    • Date de publication : 18/12/2013
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  • Cryogenic applications: cryogenic system to recover volatile organic compounds

    In 2007, in France alone 12　000 tonnes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were released from service stations, i.e. 1% of all such emissions in France. VOCs from service stations are detrimental to health and the environment and increasingly...

    • Date de publication : 27/05/2010
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  • Des irrégularités constatées lors de l'enquête sur la fuite d'ammoniac mortelle dans un entrepôt frigorifique en Chine

    L'enquête a montré que de nombreuses irrégularités étaient à l'origine de cet accident et pouvaient expliquer le bilan très lourd (15 personnes décédées et 25 blessés): conception et construction par du personnel non qualifié, opérateurs non...

    • Date de publication : 09/12/2013
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  • Briefs: Thermoacoustics

    A project led by the University of Nottingham aims at developing a device acting as a refrigerator, cooker and power generator, using biomass fuels such as wood. The SCORE (Stove for COoking, Refrigeration and Electricity) is based on the use of...

    • Date de publication : 05/08/2007
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  • Briefs: Thermoacoustics for air conditioning

    The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), is developing a new form of refrigeration for cooling at room temperature, based on thermoacoustics, which was previously used only for cryogenic temperatures. The technology PARC developed is claimed to...

    • Date de publication : 27/05/2010
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  • De nouveaux catalyseurs pour lutter contre la surchauffe des avions hypersoniques

    Des chercheurs de l’Université RMIT d’Australie ont développé des catalyseurs par impression 3D, afin de relever le défi de la surchauffe dans les avions hypersoniques et potentiellement dans d’autres processus...

    • Date de publication : 22/10/2021
    • Sujets : Technologie
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  • The first 20 SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating)

    What is claimed to be the first 20 SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating) residential air conditioner has been introduced by Lennox Industries, USA. The XC21 air conditioner has a two-stage scroll compressor and operates on two levels: a high...

    • Date de publication : 19/07/2005
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  • Oil-free chillers

    At the beginning of 2005, Climavenata will launch its new range of liquid chillers: the "Turbo Efficiency Climaveneta System" (Tecs), which is an oil-free chiller. The range is fitted with Danfoss-Turbocor R-134a centrifugal compressors :...

    • Date de publication : 10/02/2005
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  • Joint Irish fridge and freezer recycling scheme

    Before the implementation, summer 2005, of the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive), Northern Ireland's and Ireland's Environment departments are working together on a scheme to collect, treat and recycle...

    • Date de publication : 25/05/2004
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  • Briefs: World's largest food park

    Early 2010, the world's largest food park opened 20 km from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. The 95-acre Patanjali Food and Herbal Park is to provide direct employment for 7000 people. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) plans to set...

    • Date de publication : 04/02/2011
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  • Fermidable

    In a team led by Wolfgang Ketterle, a nobel laureate, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) scientists have been the first to create "a new type of matter", a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity. A superfluid gas can flow...

    • Date de publication : 26/10/2005
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  • Briefs: Ionic Wind to Cool PCs

    Kronos Advanced Technologies are developing a cooling process for personal computers based on an ionic wind pump. Ionic air propulsion is based on a principle called the corona discharge, an electrical discharge characterized by a corona, i.e. a...

    • Date de publication : 04/05/2007
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  • Optical refrigeration

    A team in New Mexico University has created the first-ever optical cryocooler that could be applied to airborne and spaceborne sensors. It uses optical refrigeration which could enable miniaturization, an alternative to bulky mechanical...

    • Date de publication : 27/05/2010
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