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Haier America Becomes Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Haier Group
Haier has announced that Haier America has reached an agreement with its minority joint venture shareholders to acquire their shares and make Haier America a wholly owned subsidiary of Haier Group. &n...
MHI Develops Lubricant Oil-free Centrifugal Chillers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed two highly efficient centrifugal chiller models featuring a lubricant-oil-free magnetic bearing system. The adoption of the new magnetic bearing system&...
Trane Releases Oil-free Centrifugal Chiller Using Hybrid Cer
The Series S CenTraVac chiller, Trane’s newest addition to its centrifugal chiller product portfolio, provides superior performance in a compact, easy-to-install package. The Series S chiller delivers...
Oil-free Centrifugal Chillers Are Hot
Demand for high-efficiency centrifugal chillers is growing sharply in major markets due to demand for green buildings. In addition to adding inverter centrifugal compressors, manufacturers are competing to achieve higher efficiency with centrifugal chillers by developing oil-free bearings, which cause no friction and offer the advantage of easy maintenance. Danfoss and Turbocor formed a 50/50 join...
Students Meet HVACR Design Challenges in ASHRAE Competition
16 - September - 2013 Atlanta -- This year, in addition to its Student Design Competition, ASHRAE also presented students with its new Applied Engineering Challenge, which invited them to design a portable refrigeration unit. The Engineering Challenge stipulated that students design a refrigeration unit with a holding volume of 1 square foot that could transport small essential cargo, such ...
AHRI Releases July 2013 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment S
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for July 2013 increased 14.1 percent, to 296,623 units, up from 260,065 units shipped in July 2012. Residentia...
ICS provides sub-zero conditions for music video
16 - September - 2013 ICS Cool Energy has been working with two-time BRIT award winning group, Travis, on a new music video. RSA Films contracted the specialist hire team to cool a film set to sub-ze...
FSW acquires Beacon Design and Engineering's UK refrigeratio
16 - September - 2013 FSW has announced that is has acquired Beacon Design and Engineering’s British refrigeration equipment business. Established in 1997, Beacon is based in Havant, Hampshire, and is a specialist producer of compressor packs, condensing units and special build products. Beacon becomes part of the FSW UK business, which comprises Just One Call, NRW fm and ESP, in addition to a 2...
Quest for the eternal bubble
13/09/2013 Two Paris-based artists, Olivier Dollinger and Jochen Dehn, are attempting to permanently freeze a liquid bubble. The bubble is to be suspended in mid-air thanks to a refined air-flow system, in a large low-temperature refrigerated display cabinet, as part of an installation. The installation goes along with a video featuring a bubble-character travelling through the rooms of the...
Australia: Code of Practice for Flammable Refrigerants
12/09/2013 Faced with the rising use of flammable refrigerants, AIRAH has issued a draft Code of Practice for handling these gases, which will be proposed as an approved code of practice under section...
