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1 Sep 2007

Humidifiers: Getting the balance right

Achieving optimum humidification with minimum cost of ownership requires choosing the best type of humidifier for the specific needs of the project. Lindsey Henderson of Axair Climate explains the key criteria

1 Sep 2007

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

29 Aug 2007

Magnetic refrigeration has its attractions

A DANISH university research team has claimed a major milestone in magnetic cooling by using the technology to lower the temperature of a room by 8.7°C.

28 Aug 2007

Free bottles of wine at London HEVAR 2007

EVERY 10th person to book attendance online for London HEVAR 2007, will receive a free bottle of wine upon arrival to this HVAC exhibition hosted at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Greycoat Street.

24 Aug 2007

New coldroom control panels

Distributor Thermofrost Cryo Plc have introduced three new refrigeration control panels. All three panels feature built in a built in circuit breaker.

24 Aug 2007

Business Edge holds open day at new training centre

BUSINESS Edge is hosting an open day and conference on September 6 at its new brazing training centre in Waterlooville.

24 Aug 2007

Danfoss acquires Chatleff Controls

DANFOSS has agreed to buy Chatleff Controls Inc, a US residential ac distributor based in Austin, Texas.

23 Aug 2007

Johnson Controls secures biggest chiller order in its history

JOHNSON Controls is to supply 46 chiller units to cool down the 40,000 residents of Pearl Island, Qatar.

20 Aug 2007

Industry leaders flock to ICR 2007

SCIENTISTS and industry leaders from 61 countries are arriving in Beijing to attend the 22nd International Congress of Refrigeration, this week.

17 Aug 2007

Worthington Nicholls expects profit loss

THE Worthington Nicholls Group has announced it expects its profits to fall below market expectations, for the financial year ending September 30, 2007.

16 Aug 2007

Big Brother's ac provider sees operating profit soar by 44%

THE Vp group, owners of Climate Hire, report its operating profit has risen dramatically by 44% to £16.5m for the quarter ended March 31 2007.

15 Aug 2007

Energy Saving: Recovery is no burden for BOC's Beast

Said to be the world's fastest refrigerant recovery machine, the "Beast" can recover and clean refrigerant, removing water, oils, acids, sludge and particulates while the refrigeration system continues to operate. Officially called the ZugiBeast, there is just one of these units in the UK, and is in constant use as part of BOC's refrigerant recovery service.

6 Aug 2007

TROX CO₂OLdesk faces first test at JPMorgan offices

TROX AITCS is working with global investment bank JPMorgan to design, manufacture, install and commission the award winning CO₂OLdesk carbon dioxide-based dealer desk cooling system at its offices in 100 Wood Street, London.

6 Aug 2007

Airedale four recall their 80 years in the industry

FOUR service engineers hired by Airedale International have clocked up 80 years’ experience between them

1 Aug 2007

Masterclass: Control, Safety and Protection Devices - Part 20

In the last article we continued our study of control, safety and protection devices used in the vapour compression cycle by covering the low pressure and high pressure cut-out switches. This month we move on to low ambient control.

1 Aug 2007

Energy Saving: Closing the door on energy wastage

WITH approximately 111 million tonnes of the UK’s 659 million tonne carbon footprint being emitted by the food industry and with refrigeration and ac accounting for over 10% of worldwide carbon emissions, sustainable, high-efficiency, low-carbon systems must be produced using material and technologies to safeguard the environment.

1 Aug 2007

Energy Saving: Tesco reclaims heat from refrigerated display cabinets

TESCO in Clapham Common, London, is the latest high street retailer to take advantage of the cooling and heating benefits of Clivet’s Versatemp systems. Building services consulting engineers ACDP specified Versatemp units for the 24,000ft2 store to meet the space constraints of the building.

1 Aug 2007

Editors Comment: Prime time for the heat pump

How do you see the future of the heat pump? It was an unfair question asked of me on my first ever press function when joining this industry way back in the late 70s. Quite frankly, I had no idea what the questioner was on about. I had no idea what a heat pump was. Some sort of domestic central heating circulator perhaps? Either way, I bluffed an enthusiastic answer which was probably completely unconvincing.

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