Europe
Energy Storage Now a Hot Topic
In the not so distant future, energy storage will figure as an essential element in making use of alternatives such as solar and wind power as well as its more traditional role in optimizing air conditioning, heat pump and combined heat and power systems. A three-day conference Energy Storage Europe 2015 held in Duesseldorf in March this year attracted some 1,800 delegates from 48 countries - twic...
Nanofilms in Heat Transfer
A number of European research centers have been experimenting with the use of nanofilms and other micro surface treatments to enhance the performance of heat exchangers. Work to date suggests that there are real prospects of reducing film resistance in heat transfer and inhibiting ice formation and adhesion on finned evaporators. The technique is also being developed for the liquid side of heat ex...
Heat Pump Market Recovery in France
After falling from a peak of over 150,000 units in 2008 to around 60,000 in 2010 sales of air- to-water heat pumps for domestic space heating levelled out and by 2014 had re-covered to over 73,000 units. The main reason for the 2008 sales plunge says Thierry Nille, president of the French heat pump association, was the reduction in the beneficial government tax rebate concession. Today the ...
Pro-Klima Acquired by Wolf
Pro-Klima manufactures a range of packaged air handling units (from very large to small ceiling void units) at its base near Zagreb (Croatia) and is market leader in its own country. It exports 55% of its production-principally to Russia, Germany, and Austria. Turnover is around 13 million (US$ 15 million) Euro with a workforce of around 120. Pro-Klima will now become part of German ACR equipment ...
Systemair Takes over Lautner
Another acquisition for Systemair (Sweden) is German rotary heat exchanger specialist Lautner Energiespartechnik (Helmstadt). Lautner makes high efficiency units in a range of sizes from 0.5- to 5-meter diameter for energy recovery in air handling systems. Company turnover in 2014 was around 2 million (US$ 2.2 million) Euro. Source: KI, Germanycialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generic ...
A Flammable Future?
Writing in ACR News (the United Kingdom), Dr. Stuart Corr of Mexichem Fluor thinks that the increasing emphasis on low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants in the F-gas regulations will inevitably drive the ACR industry towards refrigerants such as R32, R1234yf and 1234ze which are classified as flammable in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers (ASH...
Blue Box Adopts R1234ze
Italian air conditioning equipment manufacturer Blue Box has switched to R1234ze for its new Kappa Rev chiller range. It uses a stepless screw compressor said to have been developed specifically for use with this refrigerant. Another feature is the use of an aluminum microchannel heat exchanger which improves transfer and reduces refrigerant charge. Packaged units cover the range 245 to 1,229 kW a...
EVCO EVBOX1 Data-logging Extension Controller
EVCO EVBOX1 data-logging extension is a range of electrical controllers for single-phase cold rooms. The user interface consists of a large custom display with decimal point and function icons,...
GEA announces acquisition of technology leader in sophistica
Dusseldorf, May 20, 2015 -- GEA signed an agreement to acquire Comas in Italy. The company is a leading supplier of demanding industrial processing equipment and solutions in the cake and pastry indus...
'Engineering for Tomorrow' Arcus Open New Academy
20 May 2015 UK: Leading FM provider Arcus Solutions Ltd have opened the doors to its new technical Academy in the londoneast-uk Business and Technology Park in Dagenham. The Academy launch on We...
