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2015.01.15

AHRI Launches Two New Certification Programs

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced on December 2, two new certification programs: Central Station Air-handling Unit Casings (AHUC) and Liquid-to-Liquid Brazed ...

2015.01.12

Emerson Climate Technologies Accelerates Growth in China

“Cold chain will become a focus of the Chinese government, and more investment will enter this field in the future,” said Ram Krishnan, president of Emerson Climate Technologies for Asia and the Middl...

2015.01.13

Climaveneta Chillers for Sheraton Mirage Resort in Australia

The Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa is an icon of Queensland’s Gold Coast, Australia, built during the region’s 1980s development boom. To improve not only the building’s aesthetics, but also the total...

2015.01.17

MicroGroove New Copper Alloy Tubes for Higher Pressure Refri

According to the International Copper Association, technical tube alloys provide yet another advantage for users of MicroGroove technology, especially in ACR applications using high-pressure refrigera...

2015.01.13

Ucan Releases Humidifying Element ‘UC-Core’ for Vaporizing H

The ‘UC-Core’ released by Ucan is a humidifying element for vaporizing humidifier made of high polymer composite fiber developed as an ideal form of vaporizing medium.   Without using harmful sub...

2015.01.17

Tidy Solution

External condensers/evaporators associated with split air conditioners/ heat pumps can sometimes be ruled out for aesthetic reasons or because of noise level.   A solution developed by Powrmatic (UK) is a variation on the monobloc principle of the classic window unit and uses two small (160 mm diameter) apertures in the wall to supply/reject air to and from coils built into the room unit ? no...

2015.01.17

LD Still a Problem

Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in the United Kingdom are rarely reported by the popular press today but the problem has not gone away. Over 280 incidents were confirmed in 2013 of which 58 were in the London area.   Although the technology exists to virtually eliminate the risk from evaporative condensers - the principal source for LD aerosols - it has not yet become part ...

2015.01.14

Chillventa Record

Over 30,000 people attended the last Chillventa expo in Nuremberg in October 2014 - 7% more than in 2012. Exhibitors were listed at 984. At least half the visitors and two thirds of the exhibitors were from outside Germany. Next Chillventa is scheduled for October 11-13 in 2016.Source: HVR, UKcialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generic levitralevitra side effects nihlevitra side eff...

2015.01.14

Heat Pumps in Europe

In 2013 there were 6.7 million heat pump systems working in Europe according to the latest report from European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) which represents 21 countries. This is said to correspond to an installed capacity of 224 GW. Yearly sales have increased from 446,000 units in 2005 to 771,000 units in 2013.   Three principal trends were identified in the report: air remains the dominan...

2015.01.13

Refrigerant Demand Shrinks

Total demand for F-gases has been shrinking since 2007 according to records analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The period 2007/2013 registered a fall of around 8% in the ACR industries ? equivalent to reduction of 0.3% in global warming potential (GWP). The most widely used refrigerant is R134a at 39,000 tons in 2007 and accounts for a 52% share of the total. Source: cci Zeitung, G...