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1 Feb 2008

Editors Comment- Is time running out to plug that leak?

NOW that the F-Gas qualifications are in place they need to be made to work by ensuring that we implement regimes which will lead to a "significant" reduction in refrigerant leaks from HFC systems. The question is: will this be achievable in the time allowed?

1 Jan 2008

F-Gas Regulations: Breaking the legislative cycle

Dan Radford, managing director of Parasense, calls for system owners to adopt a more holistic and socially aware approach to the refrigeration industry instead of simply looking for the cheapest options

1 Jan 2008

Editor's Comment: Does higher efficiency = lower consumption?

A NEW report from America has raised again questions over whether an increased energy efficiency of appliances actually leads to a reduction in energy consumption. I say "again" because this is nothing new, similar studies have been carried out in this country and elsewhere since at the least the oil crisis of the 70s.

1 Jan 2008

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Jan 2008

Heat Pumps: Every home should have one

Bursting onto the residential heating market is the new generation of heat pump boilers based on refrigerant technology, but just where does this leave the humble ac installer and what potential is there in the residential market anyway? In this heat pump feature Mitsubishi Electric’s Jason Tinsley explains.

1 Dec 2007

Editor's Comment: Doubting Thomas -top man!

IT WAS the great British philosopher, historian, writer, mathematician, reformist, pacifist, and all-round egg-head Bertrand Russell who said: "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

1 Dec 2007

Service Engineering: New technology makes all the difference

HEFTY investment in state-of-the-art information technology has enabled Capital Cooling to provide unparalleled levels of customer service and speed of reaction.

1 Dec 2007

Training supplement sponsored by HRP: Pipework and brazing competency

THE importance of good, sound brazing techniques, along with an increased awareness of health and safety issues regarding the use of oxy-acetylene equipment is becoming increasingly important, particularly with the increased use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, including R410A, with its comparatively high running and test pressures, as well as the use of potentially flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants, and the changes in working practices that these bring with them.

1 Dec 2007

Alternative Refrigerants: Carbon dioxide: The born again refrigerant

Franz Kaltenbrunner of Eurammon, the European initiative for natural refrigerants, reveals how CO2 is growing in popularity throughout Europe

1 Dec 2007

Training supplement sponsored by HRP: Meeting the training challenge

With F-Gas regs, carbon footprints, natural refrigerants, sustainability and global warming, training establishments are being challenged to produce better equipped engineers, as John Ellis of Ellis Training explains.

1 Dec 2007

Alternative Refrigerants: The A-Zero of refrigerants

The availability of so-called natural refrigerants has opened up a host of options for those companies looking for alternatives to fluorocarbons as Reg Brown of BSRIA explains.

1 Dec 2007

Alternative Refrigerants: Microporous solids-the refrigerant of the future?

Following a three-year investigation into alternatives, Thermal Energy Systems under John Poole has opted for the development of the compressor-driven adsorption/desorption of CO2 on microporous solids.

1 Dec 2007

Coldstores: No time to chill out

With growing concerns about climate change and electricity costs soaring, the cold storage and distribution sector faces a challenging future, according to Laurie Fisk, Cold Control’s technical director

1 Dec 2007

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Nov 2007

Valves and Fittings: Embrace new ideas

Proportional balancing is still widely used for commissioning variable volume fan coil systems, but is it the best way? Martin Lowe, technical manager at Marflow Hydronics, suggests a faster and more practical method

1 Nov 2007

Product Development: Sales through the roof

THE resurgence in popularity of rooftop units in the commercial environment, allied to a need to replace the tens of thousands of old units out there running on R22, has led to increasing sales of this type of unit.

1 Nov 2007

Compressors: From the grave to the cradle

WORKING in conjunction with sister company McQuay, J&E Hall has developed a means to remanufacture scroll compressors, a technique which further reduces the acr industry’s impact on the environment.

1 Nov 2007

Compressors: The driving force is remanufacturing

IN A bid to reduce carbon emissions, are we sometimes doing more harm than good? The July edition of ACR News highlighted instances where the manufacture, purchase and installation of new raw material is more detrimental to the environment than opting to remanufacture, refurbish or repair.

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