News tagged with refrigerant
Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in ...
Energy-saving method checks refrigerant level in air conditioners
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have developed a technique that saves energy and servicing costs by indicating when air conditioners are low on refrigerant, preventing the units from working overtime.
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NIST helps heat pumps 'go with the flow' to boost output
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Air-source heat pumps typically deliver 1 1/2 to three times more heating energy to a home than the electric energy they consume. This is possible because heat pumps move heat rather than convert it from a ...
'Cool' idea for efficient climate control wins recognition
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A Michigan State University researcher and a colleague have won the Boston Innovation Prize for the design of a low-cost, energy-efficient method of cooling and dehumidifying residential and small commercial spaces.
Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers, a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers.
Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...
India, China's AC prompts ozone worries
Feb 23, 2007 |
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The growing popularity of air conditioning in India and southern China has some scientists worried about the impact on the ozone layer.
Keeping cool using the summer heat
Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While most Australians are taking care to shield themselves from the harsh summer heat, scientists from the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship are working on ways to harness the sun’s warmth ...
Scientists discuss carbon dioxide uses
Mar 13, 2006 |
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The use of environmentally friendly carbon dioxide as a refrigerant instead of ozone-depleting chemicals will be discussed at Purdue University this week.
NIST releases major update of popular REFPROP database
Apr 13, 2007 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released an expanded and upgraded version of a popular database, a computer package for calculating the properties and modeling the behavior of fluids.
For Refrigeration Problems, a Magnetically Attractive Solution
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your refrigerator’s humming, electricity-guzzling cooling system could soon be a lot smaller, quieter and more economical thanks to an exotic metal alloy discovered by an international collaboration ...
Compressor-free refrigerator may loom in the future
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Refrigerators and other cooling devices may one day lose their compressors and coils of piping and become solid state, according to Penn State researchers who are investigating electrically induced heat effects of some ferroelectric ...
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