UPDATED: Live reporting: 23rd International Congress of Refrigeration

On 21-26 August 2011, the 23^rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR) is taking place in Prague, Czech Republic, bringing together experts from all refrigeration fields including hydrocarbon technology. hydrocarbons21.com is reporting live from the event to bring you the latest news. UPDATE: Papers now available to download from IIR website +PHOTOS

The International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR) is a prestigious event organised by the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) every 4 years, bringing together leading refrigeration researchers, engineers, government officials and end-users. Addressing a wide thematic field, the Congress deals with industry developments and trends as well as major scientific results, and includes an exhibition and technical tours.

Event highlights

ICR Conference 2011: Development of natural refrigerant plug-in refrigerated display cabinets: At the International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR) held at the end of August, research investigating the optimum natural refrigerant for plug-in display cabinets was presented by Carrier Commercial Refrigeration. The study, presented during the technical session “Environmental footprint from refrigeration II”, looked at both CO2 and R290 (propane), with R290 eventually selected as the preferred option.

Paper available to download: Natural refrigerants for plug-in refrigerated display cabinets, Krieger T., Schrey R., Schuster M, Nugroho S., Carrier Commercial Refrigeration

ICR - R290 heat pump testing could lead to its future use in energy efficient houses: On the fourth day of the International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR) Per Henrik Pedersen from the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) presented a study on the development and testing of small heat pumps using R290. The research demonstrated the feasibility of using R290 with a limited charge, which in the future could be used in new energy efficient houses.

23rd ICR: flammability risk of hydrocarbons in refrigeration and AC servicing: an overview of two papers covering: the flammability risk of hydrocarbon refrigerants during service and maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning systems, and ways to overcome the barriers to using low global warming potential refrigerants such as hydrocarbons in developing countries.

Latest research shows cost advantages of introducing R290 (25 August 2011): On the first day of the conference the latest cost-analysis of R290 air conditioning revealed some expenditure benefits of conversion to the natural refrigerant.

Overview of hydrocarbon papers & hydrocarbons21.com booth (4 July 2011): Get an overview of hydrocarbon related papers – Meet with hydrocarbons21.com at booth number 16, located on the first floor of the conference centre Mezzani, just opposite the main lecture hall of the event.

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