Participants will hear about the likes of David and James Boyle along with Francis de Coppet and John Beath and how they revolutionised the sector with a series of notable “firsts”.

The talk will be given by Dr Andy Pearson FInstR and Bernard Nagengast as part of the 123^rd-anniversary celebration of the founding of the Institute of Refrigeration. The talk and paper provide a thorough account of the life and times of the characters involved in the early development of ammonia refrigeration.  The event also marks the 150^th Anniversary of what is generally considered the first ammonia refrigeration system using vapour compression.

This event is being co-hosted by the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration and is one of the first technical collaborations between the IOR in the UK and the IIAR who signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this year.

Bookings for the talk are now open at www.ior.org.uk/150-years-of-ammonia-refrigeration