The Centre for Energy Technology (ZET) at the University of Bayreuth has handed over a CO2-powered air conditioning system to the Kulmbach Vocational School Centre (BSZ) for use in its operations and teaching.
A COVID-19 vaccine storage warehouse, opened in Spain last year, selected a PowerCO2OL CO2 (R744) refrigeration rack from OEM Carrier Commercial Refrigeration for its cooling needs.
SIAD, an Italian provider of gases, has for the first time publicly presented its COOOL FreeToGo compressor-free refrigeration transport system, which uses liquid CO2 (R744) evaporation to generate cooling without the traditional vapor-compression cycle.
Ammonia/NH3 (R717) is considered the favored working fluid for the industrial sector in Paraguay.
German OEM TEKO has entered a new market with its CO2 (R744) cooling technology, introducing a unit called ROXSTAtrain for kitchens on trains, and other applications with very limited space.
Rhoss has announced the launch of three new air-cooled water chillers ranges with screw compressors using R513A or R134a refrigerant.
Daikin Applied is set to launch a new addition to its Bluevolution portfolio of R32 products – the R32 Small Inverter Chiller.
Italian OEM Epta announced the availability of a new version of its Eco2Large commercial transcritical CO2 rack that includes integration of its FTE (Full Transcritical Efficiency) 2.0 and ETE (Extreme Temperature Efficiency) technologies during a recent webinar on the Life-C4R – Carbon 4 Retail Refrigeration project.
Environmental test chamber manufacturer Weiss Technik has proven the long-term compatibility of Danfoss AKV expansion valves with its newly developed cryogenic refrigerant R469A.
The FläktGroup’s latest generation of 4-pipe HeaMo Air heat pumps is offered with lower GWP refrigerant R454B.
Daikin has extended its DWSC centrifugal chiller series with the addition of models using the low GWP refrigerant R1234ze.
While Europe continues with the HFC refrigerant phase down, new proposals to be put before the Commission could see further restrictions or even bans on HFCs and HFOs.
The installation of a low charge ammonia chiller system at a major UK food manufacturer’s storage facility is said to have led to a 77.3% reduction in energy consumption.
Star Refrigeration has boosted capacity and efficiency at a cheese chill plant by replacing an ageing R404A cooling system with its latest low-charge ammonia Azanechiller 2.0.
We’ve known for years that HFC refrigerants are on borrowed time, and that businesses involved in food production, distribution or retail will need to adopt new ways of working.
A further cut of 29% in the availability of HFC refrigerants in Europe next year will accentuate the importance of recovery and reclamation, says Climalife UK’s head of sales Dave Richards.
Lower GWP refrigerants are important in reducing the contribution of refrigeration and air conditioning on climate change, but operators should not neglect improving system efficiency or reducing leaks.
A-Gas continues to play a key role during the coronavirus crisis, its Rapid Recovery service recently removing high GWP refrigerants from a hospital maternity unit during the current lockdown.
In one of its largest and tightest air conditioning projects, LG has seen 350 fan coil units and 28 condensers installed in 10 weeks at a London office block.
Tanpopo Japanese Food, a UK-based food wholesaler, has opted to use Panasonic CO2 condensing units for its new frozen and chilled warehouse in Feltham, West London.p>.