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GEA Refrigeration Inaugurates New Plant in Dijon
GEA Refrigeration’s freezing tunnels and other types of freezing systems were exclusively manufactured in Canada until recently, but this has changed: in June 2013, GEA Refrigeration launched producti...
Cooltech Makes Breakthrough in Marketing of Magnetic Applian
Cooltech Applications has secured 8 million euro in funding from two investment funds and will be able to launch the production of magnetic refrigerators. The first refrigerant-free refrigerators will be rolled off the assembly line at the end of 2013. The company aims to produce 10,000 units during the first year and expand its annual production volume to 500,000 units by 2017. Cooltech Ap...
Peak Power Consumption during Heat Waves
A major heat wave has hit France this summer and power consumption is higher than usual (a 2,000 MW increase per day). This increase is due to intensive use of air conditioning systems. A 1°C increase of temperature gives rise a 500 MW increase in power consumption, which surged soon after the temperature reaches around 18°C. A 2,000 MW power consumption costs consumers an additional 250,000 euro ...
Ciat Provides AHUs for Louvre Lens Museum
To ensure the collections are well preserved, museums must maintain temperatures and humidity at very precise levels. Ciat provided 60 units of air handling units (AHUs) for the recently opened Louvre...
Toshiba’s Technology Briefings Attract UK Industry
Toshiba Air Conditioning, a division of Toshiba Carrier UK, is rolling out a series of technology briefings to update consultants and contractors about the latest developments in air conditioning and ...
Safety in Ammonia Systems
In a paper to a recent IIR conference, Dr. A. Pearson summarizes the major causes of reported incidents in ammonia refrigeration plants as follows: mistakes made during maintenance, lack of expertise in the personnel, using inherently unsafe procedures and progressive modifications made to the plant over a number of years. He considers that some of the current safety standards are too high and som...
