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Whirlpool Completes Acquisition of Majority Stake In Hefei S
Oct 31, 2014 Whirlpool Corporation completed its acquisition of a majority interest (51%) in Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., a home appliances manufacturer in Hefei, China. The company will...
SolarUS, DuPont Tate & Lyle Develop New Solar Thermal Heat T
31 October 2014 WILMINGTON, Del. -- DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products has collaborated with SolarUS to launch a new biobased heat transfer fluid that will utilize SusterraR 1,3-propanediol (PDO), a high-performance glycol alternative. The new fluid, So-Blu, will offer solar thermal system owners freeze, corrosion, and extreme heat protection resulting in increased system and equipment efficiency...
New ‘Supercharger’ Enables Efficient Cold Climate Heat Pumps
31 October 2014 WASHINGTON -- Heat pumps have traditionally been popular in more mild, Southern regions, and have failed to gain traction in cold climates. This is because, as air temperatures drop, air-source heat pump performance suffers, essentially limiting heat pump year-round use to warmer climates. Working with Mechanical Solutions Inc. (MSI), a small business in New Jersey, the U.S. ...
￡81bn worth of renewables projects proposed
31 October 2014 Figures released this week show that more than ￡81bn worth of renewable energy projects are proposed by 2025, representing nearly half of all infrastructure spending in the UK. Barbour ABI has released new data revealing that a total of 405 renewable energy projects are in the pipeline. These projects account for approximately 47% of proposed UK infrastructure projec...
DuPont publishes R404A retrofit guide
29 October 2014 USA: DuPont has produced a must-read document for anyone considering converting an R404A or R507 system to its new alternative XP40. With a European service ban on R404/507 syst...
Danfoss tackles refrigerant confusion
29 October 2014 DENMARK: Danfoss has produced a new document which should help to dispel some of the confusion surrounding existing and new refrigerants, their viability and potential system applicati...
DuPont to spin-off refrigerants next year
28 October 2014 USA: DuPont says it is on track to separate its Performance Chemicals business, which includes its refrigerant interests, in the middle of next year. Initial Form 10 filing with...
A-Gas refrigerant pressure temperature app a hit at Chillven
30 October 2014 UK: The new free pressure temperature app from A-Gas was a talking point at Chillventa 2014. iPad displays on the A-Gas stand showcased the pressure temperature app designed for ...
Refrigerant suppliers warn industry to plan low GWP future n
30 October 2014 The European cooling industry needs to make plans to move quickly to lower GWPs, as the cuts in HFC quota envisaged by the F-Gas regulations will make their impact sooner than many peo...
Liquid cooling 'super charges' IT performance
30 October 2014 Research from the University of Leeds and Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre (PSNC) has revealed that Icetope’s data centre liquid cooling technology offers a significant perf...
