Latest updates

All News Products Companies Events Papers

paper

Coldstore Engineering in New Zealand

11 June 2009 | Standard | Published: 2009

This document consists a new set of guidelines for the New Zealand coldstore industry, released by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Coldstore Working Party, a partnership of IPENZ Tec...

view paper

news

Coming soon: HyChill’s refrigerants to replace F-gases

9 June 2009

The Australian-based company and expert in hydrocarbon refrigerants is joining hydrocarbons21.com as a Bronze Partner. The company will soon present its product Minus50, a blend of R290 and R170, that is the natural o...

read more | more product news | 6 comments

Silver partner

HyChill

9 June 2009 | Commercial refrigeration...

HyChill Australia Pty Ltd has been an expert in hydrocarbon refrigerants since 1999 but with expertise in the industry going back 30 years. With offices in Asia and a head office based at the manufacturing plant in Me...

view profile | view partners | 1 product

paper

ASHRAE Position Document on Natural Refrigerants

5 June 2009 | Article / Press | Published: 2009

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers has, for the first time, issued a position paper on natural refrigerants. The paper describes hydrocarbons as having excellent environmenta...

view paper

paper

Trends and Perspectives in Refrigeration Technology

5 June 2009 | Presentation | Published: 2007

Trends and Perspectives in Refrigeration Technology

view paper

news

UFO: Danfoss adds energy-efficient compressors

4 June 2009

With the UFO series the leading Danish supplier Danfoss has now added its market-leading range of R600a compressors for household refrigerators to the product database on hydrocarbons21.com.

Husky to launch R290 cabinet

2 June 2009

Making a statement about the future direction of the company, the Husky Group will launch a new eco-friendly cabinet featuring refrigerant R290 as well as smart electronics and soft start compressor technology that wi...

read more | more industry news | 1 comment

news

Revitalised Green Cooling advocate restarts work in Austr...

28 May 2009

Providing a united voice for the natural refrigerants industry, the new Australian-based Green Cooling Association builds upon the work of the Green Cooling Council that had to cease operations in late 2008. It will p...

read more | more industry news | 1 comment

company

Frigoglass

26 May 2009 | System manufacturer , Other

view profile | view directory

news

R600a microcompressor for electronics and automotive use

25 May 2009

Embraco’s R600a microcompressor, which fits in the palm of the hand, is forecast to be available on the market in March 2010 to target the electronics market segment and also cater for applications such as porta...

read more | more industry news | 6 comments

news

Atmosphere 2009: Bringing hydrocarbons faster to market

19 May 2009

On 19-20 October, the international conference on natural refrigerants will bring together policy makers and the industry in Brussels to discuss technology options, policy frameworks, and market potential. Opportuniti...

Earthcare Products

18 May 2009 | System manufacturer , Other

UK-based and founded in October 1997, Earthcare Products was created in response to the growing demand for environmentally friendly refrigeration and air conditioning. It offers a complete solution for its clients fro...

view profile | view partners

paper

The future of Industrial Refrigeration

15 May 2009 | Presentation | Published: 0

In this presentation Andy Pearson discusses how the year 2050 can be seen from the present

view paper

paper

Guidelines for the use of Hydrocarbon Refrigerants i...

15 May 2009 | Standard | Published: 2001

This document is intended to highlight the differences between hydrocarbon refrigerants and other refrigerants and to direct readers to the authoritative documents that should be consulted.

view paper

news

Chilling Facts campaign gets UK Parliament’s support

13 May 2009

In the latest update regarding the Chilling Facts campaign, the EIA reports that following its launch several supermarkets have come forward with pledges to stop using HFCs, while the campaign has also received suppor...

EC study on commercial refrigeration recognises HCs

12 May 2009

In the context of the Ecodesign Directive, BIO Intelligence Service has published the first part of a preparatory study that will lay the grounds for future energy requirements for commercial refrigerating and freezin...

read more | more policy news | 1 comment

paper

Hydrocarbon refrigeration - what caterers need to know

8 May 2009 | Article / Press | Published: 0

This is Foster Refrigeration's Green Paper on hydrocarbon refrigeration

view paper

paper

ScanRef Newsletter, Number 1, February 2009

8 May 2009 | Article / Press | Published: 2009

This ScanRef issue’s theme is process refrigeration. A hydrocarbon refrigeration system for a brewery is described in page 38: By using R 290 propane and ethanol the refrigeration plant at Svaneke Bryghus is ult...

view paper

paper

The Use of Natural Refrigerants in Large AC Chillers

8 May 2009 | Article / Press | Published: 2007

Large air-conditioning chillers have traditionally used HCFC-22 as the refrigerant. To address stratospheric ozone depletion, most manufacturers have adopted either R-407C (an HFC blend) or HFC-134a. However, both are...

view paper