German manufacturer GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies has retrofitted Irish dairy Aurivo with an energy-efficient ammonia/NH3 (R717) refrigeration and heat pump system, increasing the Irish dairy’s hourly milk processing capacity by 80%, reducing energy consumption by 12% and realizing annual operational savings in excess of €347,000 (US$344,937).
“Natural refrigerants will play an important role in creating a sustainable future for our planet.” That was the key finding of the eurammon Symposium 2022 as Rob Lamb of Star Refrigeration Ltd., chairman of the Steering Committee of eurammon e. V. put it. The 5-day online event took place from 4 to 8 July and was attended by more than 500 participants from 29 countries across the world. These included representatives from governmental organisations, NGOs, training institutes, and industry.
Scheduled to take place on April 4-6, 2023, in Shanghai (China), the 3rd IIR Conference on HFO Refrigerants and Low GWP Blends (HFO 2023) will provide the ideal platform for experts to exchange and discuss the most recent developments in the field.
St. Olav Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, retrofitted the numerous cold rooms for its laboratory, on-site hotel and canteen with a CO2 (R744) installation, complete with advanced controls and variable frequency drives (VFDs) to optimize energy efficiency and enhance system accuracy.
Trumpf, the German industrial machine manufacturing company, has developed what it says is a sustainable cooling solution for its laser-cutting machines.
Malaysian HVAC&R contractor FFM Engineering recently installed the country’s first industrial transcritical CO2 (R744) system at a cold storage facility in Kuala Lumpur, according to a presentation from Mark Leong, a representative of the engineering company, during the State of the Industry – Southeast Asia online session on the second day of the ATMOsphere APAC Summit 2022.
SCM REF Australia, Beijer Ref Australia’s manufacturing operation, has installed transcritical CO2 systems in between 250 and 280 locations in Oceania over the past four years, noting a growing interest in all applications, particularly at convenience stores.
In 2018, U4E established a programme in Chile, with support from Fundación Chile, the Ministry of Energy and private companies such as Hisense, Samsung and Whirlpool, to help consumers access new, energy-efficient refrigerators.
Automatic Heating, an Australian provider of heating and cooling systems to the commercial HVAC market, expects continued adoption of CO2 (R744) heat pumps in the local market, having already installed more than 100 units from Japanese manufacturer ITOMIC into various commercial and residential (apartment building) projects in Australia with resulting COPs of up to 4.2.
The German Environment Agency (UBA) has released an interim report confirming that only heat pumps charged with natural refrigerants will be awarded the new German “Blue Angel” ecolabel certification.
A recently published study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna found that adopting propane (R290) in split air conditioners (ACs) worldwide would reduce global warming up to 0.12°C (0.22°F).
One of France’s most popular grocery retailers, E.Leclerc, recently chose PLUTON SPACE semi vertical cabinets from FREOR for its new supermarkets.
Johnson Controls is collaborating with 3Degrees, a California-based firm that helps organisations around the world achieve renewable energy and decarbonisation goals.
As part of an effort to educate companies and organizations in the Philippines about sustainable cold chain technologies, Carrier Transicold, part of U.S.-based Carrier, has donated a 20ft (6m)-long CO2 (R744) NaturaLINE refrigerated marine reefer unit to the Cold Chain Innovation Hub (CCI-Hub) in Manila.
Since introducing its Evapcold low-charge ammonia/NH3 (R717) packaged units in 2016, U.S. OEM Evapco has installed 100 of the units across 25 industrial sites, with each site using between one and 10 units, said Kurt Liebendorfer, Vice President of Evapco.
Scottish OEM Star Refrigeration announced that it has replaced U.K. dairy First Milk’s aging R404A cheese chilling system with the low-charge ammonia/NH3 (R717) Azanechiller 2.0, improving operating efficiency by 25% while also increasing production throughput capacity by almost 30%.
The F-gas Regulation is arguably the most important and impactful piece of EU legislation for our sector. Its provisions dictate the conditions under which our contractors carry out most of their operations.
PSA Singapore operates the world’s largest container transhipment hub in Singapore, handling 37.2 million TEUs of containers in 2021. With connections to 600 ports globally, shippers have access to daily sailings to every major port in the world, operating 24/7 all year round. Beyond port operations, PSA also offers cargo solutions to customers operating in advanced manufacturing, cold chain, e- commerce, and energy and chemicals.
Honeywell announced that its new Solsticeyf UV – a low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant incorporating ultraviolet (UV) dye for leak detection support in automobile air conditioning systems – is now available at all participating NAPA Auto Parts stores across the United States. This is the first time Solstice yf (R-1234yf) refrigerant with UV dye will be available in the aftermarket.
The Columbus Blue Jackets, which joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2000, will become the first NHL team to skate on ice produced by a transcritical CO2 (R744)-based ice rink refrigeration system.