
GEA: Heat pumps will become ‘standard’ in Germany
Michael Nagler, business development manager for CO2 applications at GEA, believes that new regulation in Germany will drive the market.
Michael Nagler, business development manager for CO2 applications at GEA, believes that new regulation in Germany will drive the market.
Ice plant installer Vink sees CO2 systems as the cheapest available option for light industrial applications like in the fishing sector.
The new home of the Belgian national ice hockey team, designed by SCM Frigo, is the country’s first ice rink to use CO2 as the sole refrigerant and the first capable of operating all year round.
The fourth IIR Conference in Auckland highlighted a maturing HVAC&R sector in New Zealand, one that is looking to natural refrigerants in greater numbers.
Natural refrigerants were in the spotlight last week at Mostra Convegno Expoconfort, which saw manufacturers unveil new technologies for a range of CO2 and hydrocarbon refrigeration applications.
Process technology manufacturer GEA presented a new compressor series designed for use with hydrocarbons – the HG44e – alongside its subcritical and transcritical CO2 compressors at Mostra Convegno Expoconfort (MCE) last week.
On 8 – 10 April China Refrigeration 2015, one of the largest HVAC&R tradeshows took place in Shanghai, at the New International Expo Centre. With over 1000 companies exhibiting, R744.com and ammonia21.com were on site to report on the latest technology and market developments for CO2 and NH3.
In part two of our reporting from the 49th Supermarket Tradeshow (SMTS), which took place from 10-12 February 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, R744.com reports on the first rack-type CO2 transcritical booster system installation, a collaborative project between Japanese showcase manufacturer Fukushima Industries and system manufacturer Nihon Netsugen Systems.