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1 Apr 2009

Applied Air-Conditioning: Beam work takes off

Chilled beams offer an energy efficient alternative to fan coil units says Wander ter Kuile technical manager at Waterloo Air Products.

1 Apr 2009

F-Gas training - a progress report

ELLIS Training Works has now been running the City & Guilds 2079 F-Gas course since December, accumulating sufficient experience to give a first progress report.

1 Mar 2009

R22 replacement made easy

John Poole of Refrigerant Solutions offers an application-based approach to replacing R22.

1 Mar 2009

Editorial: Politics 2 The Environment 0

IT CANNOT be disputed that a lot of the work carried out by environmental campaigners has stopped, checked or at least reined-in some of the "dirty"excesses of this industrial world but when does a hatred of big business clash with a desire to do what is best for the environment?

1 Mar 2009

HFO: A 4th generation gas?

Chemical manufacturers have come up with a new refrigerant for vehicle ac systems but does this new family of gases have potential for stationary applications? Neil Everitt investigates.

1 Feb 2009

Compressors: Rolling out the scrolls

Development of the Scroll compressor continues apace with Emerson Climate Technologies announcing a number of new models at the recent Chillventa exhibition

1 Feb 2009

Compressors: Bitzer's expanding compressor range

THE recent Chillventa exhibition was the platform for a raft of new compressors from leading German manufacturer Bitzer.

1 Feb 2009

Compressors: Tecumseh's dozen

TECUMSEH Europe is launching the VSA range of 12 compressors and 12 air-cooled condensing units using scroll technology for high and low back pressure commercial refrigeration applications on R404A.

1 Feb 2009

Editorial: Caveat venditor - let the seller beware

BEFORE I start I must hold my hand up and admit to the fact that I don't have much time for administrators - that happy band of accountants brought in to "rescue" ailing businesses.

1 Jan 2009

HEATPUMPS: The cute way to heat with CO2

Wildly popular in Japan, CO2 heat pumps, known generically as EcoCute, are offered by all the top ac manufacturers. Sanyo is the first to bring the technology to the UK and product manager Graham Wright explains the concept.

1 Jan 2009

HEATPUMPS: Zero carbon dwellings? The answer’s in the air

While ground-source heat pumps continue to make most of the headlines, Simon Keel of Daikin Airconditioning UK Ltd puts the case for its air-source relative.

1 Jan 2009

HEATPUMPS: Bucking the Trend

Heat pump air conditioning could thrive despite the depressed economic climate, says Dave Lacey, commercial director of Vaillant Air Conditioning.

1 Dec 2008

Alternative Refrigerants: A commercial break for CO2

Samuele Da Ros, product manager of advanced refrigeration systems for EPTA Group examines the advantages of ammonia and its use in modern systems

1 Dec 2008

Alternative Refrigerants: New views of an old favourite

Monika Witt, chairman of Eurammon, the European initiative for natural refrigerants, examines the trend towards using ammonia for lower-capacity refrigeration systems.

1 Dec 2008

Project 0620 is dead, long live Chillventa

“So, after more than two years of bickering, posturing, tears, threats, tantrums, court actions and uncertainties.........my employers finally let me go to Chillventa!” Neil Everitt provides an “alternative” report from the new refrigeration and air conditioning show.