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Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Repair Ammonia Leak

17 May 2013 | NASA

Expedition 35 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn completed a spacewalk at 2:14 p.m. EDT Saturday to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station’s far port truss (P6...

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IIR Ohrid Conference 2013 - “Making Ammonia Systems...

14 May 2013

At the 5th edition of the Ammonia Refrigeration Technology conference organised in Ohrid, Macedonia from 9 - 11 May 2013, Dr Andy Pearson, Group Engineering Director of Star Refrigeration argued that refrigeration saf...

Ice factory featured on Prince's Regeneration Trust website

10 May 2013 | ACR News

UK: Fresh from being featured on the BBC tv programme Coast, the Grimsby Ice factory and the fight to save it is now featured on the website for the Prince's Regeneration Trust (PRT).

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New Zealand consults on Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levy level

8 May 2013

Consultation process in New Zealand has started on the proposed regulation for the Synthetic Greenhouse Gases (SGG) levy. With the transitional period for SGG levy starting on 1 July 2013, the aim of this consultation...

First-ever ATMOsphere Asia 2013

6 May 2013

ATMOsphere Asia 2013 is making its debut in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from 17-19 September 2013. Registration is now open for HVAC&R industry experts, interested in natural refrigerant solutions and opportuniti...

Japan: Decision on Partial Revision of the Act on f-gases

3 May 2013 | Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

On April 19, 2013, the Cabinet decided to approve the Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning Designated Products. In res...

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Mayekawa NH3 heat pump uses lake water to heat Swiss hotel

2 May 2013

80% of the heat for the Badrutt Palace Hotel, situated in the heart of the Engadin of the Swiss Alps, is produced by a Mayekawa heat exchange system which uses water from Lake St. Moritz. The system was installed when...

IACSC and IARW publish new guide to effective warehouse d...

2 May 2013 | Fresh Plaza

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and the International Association for Cold Storage Construction (IACSC) recently published the Guide to Effective Warehouse Design, Maintenance, and Mode...

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At 'Feneberg' in Kempten (Germany) - the only thing missi...

30 April 2013 | SSP Kälteplaner

After three months assembly time the new refrigeration plant at Feneberg in Kempten (Germany) was taken into operation on schedule at the beginning of March. The special challenge with this project was, to take the ex...

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Ammonia was used for refrigeration in 1876, for the first time in a vapour compression machine by Carl Von Linde. Other refrigerants like CO₂, SO2 also were commonly used till 1920s. Development of CFC’...

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