The 2019 China Heat Pump Annual Conference & 8th International Air-source Heat Pump Development Forum were held in Shanghai on August 1-2, organized by China Energy Conservation Association and the Heat Pump Committee of the China Energy Conservation Association (CECA). This conference obtained supports and participation from China Academy of...
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HPT TCP, the Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies, will exhibit at the International Congress of Refrigeration that will take place in Montreal, Canada on August 25-30. Caroline Haglund Stignor, Assistant Manager of Heat Pump Centre will be in the HPT TCP booth (number 209). Come and meet her...
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While the F-gas phase down has had a specific marked effect on European HFC refrigerant prices, global prices are most affected by the price of the mineral fluorspar. Fluorspar is the commercial name for the mineral fluorite (calcium fluoride), and is the basic feedstock for all fluorine-based chemicals. Without fluorspar,...
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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and ASHRAE have produced a new publication to update the market on the current list of available refrigerants, their ASHRAE numbers and safety classifications. As well as including the latest list of approved refrigerants, the new fact sheet explains ASHRAE’s numbering system and how this...
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The 3rd international experts’ meeting of IEA HPT Annex 52, titled Long-term measurements of GSHP system performance in commercial, institutional and multi-family buildings, gathered 28 experts from eight countries in Helsinki, Finland, on May 23-24th. Publications and open access data sets Annex 52 has now run for a year and...
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August 1-2, the 2019 China heat Pump Annual Conference will take place in Shanghai, China. The Conference is hosted by the China Energy Conservation Association and Caroline Haglund Stignor from Heat Pump Centre will join the event to give a presentation about the Heat Pumping Technology Collaboration Programme (HPT TCP). "It is of special interest and joy...
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June 26 marks a very special day for the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industries. World Refrigeration Day has brought the global “Cooling Family” together like never before. It is truly remarkable how an idea, which first germinated in the mind of a British refrigeration consultant, has been received,...
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Generation of thermal energy for heating and cooling often has a negative environmental impact due to the fuels used. The need for such fuels decreases with installation of heat pumps. But the heat pump in itself is a potential source of greenhouse gases, as the refrigerants used often have a...
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