Accelerate Europe

Europe's quarterly magazine featuring innovators & business leaders bringing natural refrigerant solutions faster to market

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Danish district heating provider Solrød Fjernvarme has chosen a CO2 heat pump for an expansion project, making around 250 residential gas and oil boilers obsolete, and eliminating an estimated 1,200 metric tons of GHG emissions per year #GoNatRefs https://t.co/tM6uEaig7v

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Danish controls manufacturer Reftronix has developed a cost-effective CO2 heat pump capable of replacing an oil or gas furnace used in older residential homes for radiator-based space heating and domestic hot water. #GoNatRefs https://t.co/tUvUeXDGgJ

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The 'Natural Refrigerants: Applications and Practical Guidelines' English textbook has now been published! Copies are available in print and e-book for world-wide distribution. The textbook includes CO2, ammonia, HCs, and water. #GoNatRefs https://t.co/8vuBmuLjRq

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German compressor manufacturer BOCK has unveiled a new two-cylinder semi-hermetic reciprocating compressor series for transcritical CO2 systems in small capacity ranges, the HGX12 CO2 T. https://t.co/Itkkf1Zbd1

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The natref market is booming and ATMOsphere’s market report can help capitalize on a great business opportunity. Want to know how many CO2 systems are installed in the US? Or how many hydrocarbon units can be found in supermarkets in Europe? #GoNatrefs https://t.co/L3RijbSWpY

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Not often we see end users replacing one natref system with another, not yet at least. Here's an example, a Danish district heating provider has replaced a CO2 heat pump with an ammonia system, gaining a higher COP in the process. https://t.co/eEVorXx9CJ

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Delhaize Belgium has opened a new 2,500m2 store in a mall in the Anderlecht section of Brussels that is 40-45% more energy efficient than a previous store in a different location in the same mall. https://t.co/ShYyxvwX0r #GoNatRefs

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Danish OEM FENAGY will deliver a 3.3MW CO2 heat pump to Danish district heating provider Sdr. Felding Varmeværk at a value of 20 million Swedish kronor (US$2.3 million), according to a statement from Beijer Ref. https://t.co/v66DpfHgmY #GoNatRefs

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The industrial natref front runners, ammonia and CO2, are not without challengers. #GoNatRefs https://t.co/0vO4FIMhye

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A municipal ice skating rink in Denmark has realized energy savings of 50% by installing a CO2 (R744) rack as well as a floor with CO2 pipes underneath rather than a water/glycol secondary system. #GoNatRefs https://t.co/ywhMC55eaw @advansor

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R744 heat pumps are the best available technology in the 0.5 to 5MW (142 to 1,422TR) capacity range, making them “really good” for district heating applications, according Danish OEM FENAGY. https://t.co/rHzQgmXTeL #GoNatRefs

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Serbia joins neighboring Bosnia in ratifying the Kigali Amendment. https://t.co/ITIa1zTHk4 #GoNatRefs

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Swedish dairy eq. manufacturer Wedholms offers a CO2 milk-cooling system that it says saves up to 50% of the energy used for milk cooling on dairy farms, compared to traditional cooling systems, and uses CO2 recycled from industrial processes.
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Norwegian and German researchers have found that the use of brazed plate heat exchangers with minimum internal volume can reduce the charge by up to 66% in propane (R290) heat pumps. https://t.co/cdzkfcwe9z #GoNatRefs

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METRO is continuing the roll out of its F-Gas Exit Program, with 40 European stores being converted to transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems in the coming year. The majority of the stores will be equipped with ejector technology. https://t.co/dBaUpFfAd8 #GoNatRefs

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German manufacturer Viessmann is expanding its service offerings in the Finnish refrigeration market with the acquisition of local contractors Suomen Jääkylmä Oy and FCool Oy. Viessmann manufactures natref solutions, including R290 heat pumps. https://t.co/wvdD7TvSlR #GoNatRefs

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Ammonia chiller operators can achieve significant SEPR improvements by replacing traditional superheat controllers with vapor quality controllers — up to 46%, according to Danish component manufacturer HB Products. https://t.co/mvFKX7T8Ff #GoNatRefs

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SCM Frigo delivers flexible CO2 solution - with refrigeration, AC and chiller module in one rack - to Spanish seafood processor. https://t.co/n1XgspPgsP #GoNatRefs

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Carter Synergy contacted TEKO with a challenging proposal — to come up with a refrigeration solution with a footprint small enough to install it with a crane on the roof of a 7-storey building located in a city center with narrow streets https://t.co/NE9RTygCqs #GoNatRefs

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has chosen transcritical CO2 (R744) cooling for the Large Hadron Collider’s upgraded tracking detector systems. https://t.co/RPQOy0iU3T #GoNatRefs