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 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. 
 1 Dec 2008

Alternative Refrigerants: CO2 at your convenience

ANDY Butler, head of r&d at Space Engineering and his team have developed what is believed to be the first UK-manufactured transcritical CO2 refrigeration plant for retail applications. 
 1 Dec 2008

Natural Refrigerants: The natural solution?

AS the HCFC ban approaches, Ken Logan, md of A-Gas (UK) looks at the alternative refrigerant solutions taking into account energy efficiency, safety, ease of use as well as environmental considerations. 
 1 Nov 2008

Customer Satisfaction

Taking time to explain an air conditioning system to an end-user can pay big dividends, as Graham Hendra of LG explains 
 1 Nov 2008

Commercial compressors: Five-star efficiency

The new Turbomiser chiller with its Turbocor oil-less compressors is said to be breaking new ground in energy efficiency – a claim that is now being proven at two high-profile UK hotels. 
 1 Nov 2008

Commercial compressors: Repairability is the key

Accessible parts have always been the drawback to scroll compressor tecnology, this is not the case with ThermaCom's new SemiScroll, as Trevor Dann explains. 
 1 Oct 2008

Supermarket Refrigeration: Advanced remedy for scale

A CALL from one of Britain's biggest supermarket chains has led Advanced Engineering to discover a problem that could be hampering the refrigeration systems at over a thousand premises nationwide. 
 1 Oct 2008

Supermarket Refrigeration: Daikin's integrated solution

Launched two years ago, Daikin’s Conveni-pack integrated refrigeration, air conditioning and heating system is beco.ming a popular choice for convenience stores. 
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