Carbon dioxide

A municipal kitchen in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, has been upgraded with a refrigeration system using a combination of the HFO R1234ze and R455A, a lower GWP alternative to R404A.

Danish company Advansor’s first CO₂ transcritical system in Australia yesterday began operating at a United Food Express warehouse in the Melbourne suburb of Keysborough.

Panasonic looks set to move into the refrigeration market in Europe after launching a range of CO₂ condensing units at last week’s Interclima exhibition in Paris.

Representatives from leading CO₂ component and system suppliers spoke about upcoming projects in China and what is driving the market at ChinaShop 2017.

From 20-24 November 2017, policy representatives from approximately 200 countries and various UN agencies, as well as interested industry and non-governmental representatives, are meeting in Montreal, Canada to discuss alternatives to Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and high GWP HFCs.

Chinese retail chain Hong Fu Supermarkets has installed a CO₂ subcritical system at its flagship store located in the city of Hefei, Anhui province, in eastern China.

In a sign of growing interest in natural refrigerants in the Asia-Pacific, training organisations in Australia and New Zealand are seeing increased demand for natural refrigerant system training from owners, operators, and technicians in the region.

Yokohama Reito Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s leading food distribution and cold storage companies, has installed Mayekawa’s NewTon NH₃/CO₂ packaged refrigeration system at its most technologically advanced facility.

Bacharach has introduced a CO₂ leak detection monitor, specifically designed for industrial and retail refrigeration applications.

A new document from Beijer Ref seeks to clarify what refrigeration equipment is currently approved as suitable for use with the new generation of lower GWP refrigerants.

Just two months before next year’s major cut in HFC refrigerants, a survey of European retailers has revealed that 40% are not fully aware of the regulatory changes.

Canadian OEM has done six transcritical installations this year, two last year, at cold storage/food processing facilities.

As the world’s second-largest transport company and Europe’s largest railway operator and infrastructure owner – running two billion passenger journeys per year – Deutsche Bahn (DB) AG is acutely aware of its power to contribute to improving environmental sustainability.

There is still time to submit your abstract for the inaugural IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants with an extended deadline to 30 October 2017.

Competition is increasing between natural refrigerants, with NH₃-CO₂ cascade systems also gaining acceptance, said speakers at ATMOsphere Europe.

At ATMOsphere Europe 2017, rail giant Deutsche Bahn called on manufacturers to help it achieves its goal of using natural refrigerants for air conditioning in new trains by 2020.

Italian manufacturer LU-VE hailed the potential of its Emeritus technology to improve the efficiency of CO₂ refrigeration systems.

An upgraded commercial HVAC&R CO₂ system from Italian designer and producer of refrigeration systems enEX allows for summer cooling and winter heating in a supermarket, using the energy from the compressors in a refrigeration system.

As HFCs in Southeast Asia are phased down, interest in low-charge, secondary and cascade ammonia systems is increasing among industrial end users.

Dorin is drawing inspiration from the automotive sector in seeking to improve the performance of its CO₂ compressors, Giacomo Pisano, the Italian manufacturer’s technical sales manager, said.