The project aims to demonstrate the feasibility, safety and commercial viability of an innovative ‘monobloc’ residential air-conditioning system using R290.
Natural refrigerants can improve the sustainability of supermarkets, according to the final report of the EU-funded SuperSmart project.
Experts at ATMOsphere Europe in Italy agreed that training is key to triggering wider uptake of natural refrigerants.
A revision of international standards to increase the charge limit on hydrocarbons should expand the market for their use, according to LIFE FRONT research.
INTARCON, a Spanish manufacturer of commercial and industrial refrigeration units, is piloting a double cascade R290-CO2-CO2 refrigeration system in an installation in Cordoba, southern Spain “It’s a double cascade refrigeration system configured to use two CO2 loops in conjunction with a propane loop to provide cooling to cabinets, freezers and cold rooms in a supermarket,” Daniel Campaña…
Workshop participants at ATMOsphere Ibérica in Madrid agreed that training is key to triggering wider uptake of natural refrigerants in the Iberian Peninsula.
More than 50% of the members of a Spanish trade group are working with natural refrigerants.
Hydrocarbons are starting to make inroads into the vending machine industry, which for natural refrigerants was dominated until recently by CO2.
Among the companies exhibiting at Venditalia, there was not yet a clear trend towards adopting CO2 or hydrocarbons as the natural refrigerant of choice.
Sanden Vendo presented the DV9, a new propane-based vending machine, at Venditalia last week.
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