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Belimo Unveils Standalone Airflow Measurement & Control Actu
On April 7, 2020, Belimo introduced standalone airflow measurement and control actuators with digital communications for rotary, linear, and induct applications. Select actuators have pressure indepen...
AHRI Submits Comments to Brazil and Egypt on Draft Energy Ef
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) submitted comments (in English and Portuguese) April 3 to the Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Quality, and Technology (INMETRO) on its draft Resolution 01 from January 27, regarding conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners (mini splits). AHRI commended Brazil for its efforts to set minimum energy performanc...
Sterilization Functions of AC Systems
Sei Suma, senior advisor, Japan Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News (JARN) The novel coronavirus has spread worldwide, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic in ...
On-line Channel Accounts for 41.2% of Home Electronics Sales
According to the 2019 China Home Electronics Market Report released by China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID), retail sales of home electronics in China recorded RMB 891 billion (US$ 125 billion) in 2019, a 3.8% decrease year on year, which was the first drop since 2012, impacted by a stagnant real estate industry and a fierce price war. Of them, retail sales of air conditione...
Chemours Opteon XL 41 Has Benefits of Low GWP and Low Cost
At 2020 AHR Expo held in Orlando, Florida, the United States, at the beginning of February, JARN’s reporters visited Chemours’ booth and were welcomed by Diego Boeri, vice president, Fluor...
Reducing the CO2 Balance with Bitzer
Bitzer presented at this year’s Euro-Shop products and solutions for low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, especially for CO2 refrigeration systems. Bitzer Ecoline reciprocating co...
Carrier Commercial Refrigeration Unveils Its Vision for a Co
Carrier Commercial Refrigeration unveiled its vision for a ‘cool’ future at EuroShop 2020, featuring sustainable and innovation-driven refrigeration technology for commercial and ware- hou...
Copper Tube Companies’ Operations Shrink in February
In February 2020, copper tube enterprises in China achieved only 39.1% of their usual operations, because of plant shut downs until February 17 in the context of the novel coronavirus epidemic across the country. Even after February 17, only about 60% of enterprises were able to resume operations. Strict precaution measures against the epidemic and blocked logistics impeded the resumption of ov...
Refrigerant Industry Faces Damage Due to Price Drops
Following a continuous price drop in the first half of 2019, the price of R22 rose after October 2019, because of its quota production. R22 is a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerant and has been included in China’s phase-out list. Therefore, the production quotas of R22 dropped from 274,279 tons in 2018 to 266,821 tons in 2019, then to 42,000 tons in 2020. With the strong attitude of r...
Konka Sets up JV Air Conditioner Factory
According to Aircon.com, Konka, a Chinese home electronics manufacturer, moved into the air conditioner business in full gear by setting up a joint venture (JV) factory, which has now been put into op...
