The International Institute of Refrigeration and Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating are now accepting paper abstracts for the 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference: natural refrigerants – real alternatives, which will be held next year in Australia. Papers on the use of hydrocarbon refrigerants in heating and cooling are welcome.

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) and Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has made the first call for papers for the 9th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids that will bring together the world’s experts in the field of natural working fluids to explore the latest research results and advances related to the use of non-chemical alternatives, including hydrocarbons. A further two calls are to follow in May and July.

Submission of two-page paper abstracts on key topics such as the use of hydrocarbons as natural working fluids will be accepted until 27 July 2009 for assessment by the scientific committee and peer review. Following this, the provisional acceptance of abstracts and the deadline for receiving full papers is due on 10 August 2009 and 12 October 2009 respectively.

Main topic areas

Main topic areas will include: 

• Natural primary refrigerants
• Secondary coolants and ice slurries
• Sorption systems
• Non conventional refrigeration systems
• Heat transfer and fluid flow
• Energy use and energy efficiency of natural working fluid systems