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A working group consisting of Advansor and other companies, the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) and UNIDO are working on a CO₂-based cooling solution for the fishing industry.

The system, installed at a distribution centre in the Buenos Aires area, features better cooling and freezing than first foreseen.

First U.S. retail test of modulating unit is in the offing, offering 10%-20% energy reduction for transcritical CO₂ system.

Bitzer is debuting a new range of compact screw compressors for R134a, HFO/HFC blends and HFOs at this week’s China Refrigeration show in Shanghai.

At the Sustainable Management Of Refrigeration Technologies in the Marine And Off-Shore Fisheries Sectors conference in Bangkok, Thailand, attendees heard that most of the Dutch high-sea fishing fleet is now using NH₃-CO₂ cascades.

Using ammonia in a thermochemical system, the unit generates cold for seven hours off the grid for catering and other applications.

The British Refrigeration Association has published a guide on the subject of temperature glide in refrigerant blends.

The 7th conference on Ammonia and CO₂ Refrigeration Technologies will focus on the intensifying global trend towards using natural refrigerants, such as ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons in various refrigeration applications worldwide.

Participants in the Sustainable Management Of Refrigeration Technologies in the Marine And Off-Shore Fisheries Sectors event in Bangkok, Thailand, heard how low-charge ammonia systems can be used in boats and onshore.

Dunham-Bush is to use Chemours refrigerant alternative Opteon XP10 in its DCLCG chillers for the Asia Pacific market.

The German compressor maker is taking advantage of new efficiency requirements to market its propane units in the U.S.

Honeywell says it intends to stop selling the high GWP refrigerants R404A and R507 in Europe from next year.

CO₂ transcritical systems with ejectors have a bright future in supermarket refrigeration, according to Frigo-Consulting’s Marcus Hoepfl.

Its high efficiency and low environmental impact have triggered a widespread resurgence for R290.

Dürr thermea is seeing increasing demand for its industrial CO₂ heat pumps in the Asian region.

Lucas Refrigeration will install an Advansor CO₂ transcritical refrigeration system in a United Foods Express warehouse.

Chinese manufacturer is bringing its natural refrigerant compressors as a first step toward a larger presence.

Ingersoll Rand has added a further Trane water-cooled chiller using the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze.

DeCicco & Sons compared its first transcritical store to an equivalent store using R404A.

Refrigerant suppliers insist that they are not “crying wolf” with dire warnings about the future availability of high GWP refrigerants like R404A.