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The role of IIR in the promotion of Natural Refrigerants

Didier COULOMB,

Director of the International Institute of Refrigeration

International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) - www.iifiir.org

Brussels, Belgium

October 19-20, 2009

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Member Countries Intergovernmental organization 62 Member Countries Developed and developing countries

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The IIR - Members Member Countries

Commission Members (nominated by countries)

Corporate and Private Members

- Private companies (equipment, utilities, food and health products,… ), Consultants, Universities,…

- For a valuable and updated information

Country Category

Number of countries

Number of Commission Members

per country1 5 302 2 203 5 154 11 105 18 56 20 3

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Mission of the IIR

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is the only independent intergovernmental organization which promotes knowledge of refrigeration and associated technologies that are necessary for life in a science-based, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner including: Food quality and safety from farm to consumer Comfort in homes and commercial buildings Health products and services Low temperatures and liquefied gas technologies Energy efficiency Use of non-ozone depleting and low global warming refrigerants

in a safe manner

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Selection of scientific, technical and economical articles from all over the world, in various languages, included in a database: Fridoc

- 85 000 entries

- 3 000 keywords

- 50 000 authors

Periodicals

- International Journal of Refrigeration for scientific articles with a peer-review selection

The best impact factor in its field

- Newsletter

- Bulletin

Tools (1)

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Books, guides:

- Technical books, brochures, diagrams…

Reference documents:

- International Dictionary of Refrigeration (11 languages)…

Training courses

International standards

Review articles

Informatory notes

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Statements prepared for international events:

- Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion:

The last one: MOP20 (Doha, 2008)

- Mitigation of Global Warming and Kyoto Protocol:

The last one: COP-14/CMP-4 (Poznan, 2008)

- Sustainable Development: Johannesburg Summit, 2002

- Food Safety: FAO / WHO Forum, 2002

- The next ones: Port Ghalib (November 2009), Copenhagen (December 2009)

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Conferences 3-4 IIR Conferences per year and 8 IIR co-sponsored Conferences per year on an average

- 7th International Conference on Compressors and Coolants - Compressors 2009Casta Papiernicka, Slovak Republic, September 30-October 2, 2009

- 47th AICARR International Conference, Rome, Italy, October 8-9, 2009

- Pôle Cristal Symposium, Dinan, France, October 8-9, 2009

- Atmosphere 2009 - International Conference on Natural Refrigerants,

Brussels, Belgium, October 19-20, 2009

- Constant Progress in Cryomedicine - Cryomedicine Update 2009,Tokyo, Japan, November 27-29, 2009

- 40th International Conference on Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Belgrade, Serbia, December 2-4, 2009

- 2010 International Symposium on Next-Generation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology, Tokyo, Japan, February 17-19, 2010

- 1st IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 29-31, 2010

- 9th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2010)

Sydney, Australia, April 12-14, 2010

IIR conferences / IIR co-sponsored / co-organized

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../.. Conferences - LNG 16 - 16th International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas, Oran, Algeria, April 18-21, 2010

- Cryogenics 2010, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, April 26-29, 2010 - Clima 2010 - 10th REHVA World Congress, Antalya, Turkey, May 9-12, 2010

- Sustainable Refrigeration and Heat Pump Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 13-16, 2010

- 2nd IIR Workshop on Refrigerant Charge Reduction in Refrigerating Systems,

Stockholm, Sweden, June 16-17, 2010

- 13th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue,

West Lafayette, United States, July 12-15, 2010

- 20th International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, West Lafayette, United States, July 12-15, 2010

- 1st International High-Performance & Green Buildings Conference at Purdue, West Lafayette, United States, July 12-15, 2010

- 4th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Thermag IV) Baotou, China, August 23-27, 2010

- International Congress on Energy and the Environment 2010 + Heat Transfer in Components & Systems for Sustainable Energy Technologies, Opatija, Croatia, October 19-22, 2010

23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Refrigeration for Sustainable Development

Prague, Czech Republic, August 21-26, 2011

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The environmental issue is a major subject of these publications and conferences:

Reducing the energy consumption (the main impact factor of refrigerating systems on global warming)

Reducing refrigerant charges and losses, for environmental and safety issues

Promoting non-ozone depleting and low-global warming refrigerants Exchange of information Improving technologies

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Ammonia is very efficient and well-known. Good solution

for big plants even if safety issues are to be considered

(food manufacturing and storage, commercial

refrigeration… )

Hydrocarbons can be used for smaller systems, where

safety issues can be solved (domestic refrigeration,

vending machines… )

CO2 has been newly redeveloped, with many technical

improvements, in many applications as a refrigerant or

as a secondary fluid

Natural refrigerants can be a good solution in most cases:

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IIR Working Parties dealing with these issues

Refrigerant charge reduction (especially for ammonia

but also for the safe use of hydrocarbons, HFCs… )

Mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases in

refrigeration

Refrigerant system safety (ammonia and hydrocarbons)

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Ammonia as a refrigerant (guide-2008): technical options,

safety issues, regulations…

Bibliography on CO2 (2006): selection of articles

Review articles on hydrocarbons, CO2.., on the IIR web-

site, in IIR journals,…

Natural refrigerants are the most numerous subjects of research articles, proposed and selected in the IIR network

Recent IIR publications:

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The Gustav Lorentzen Conferences (every 2 years) The last: Copenhagen (Denmark) September 2008

Proceedings available The next: Sydney (Australia) April 2010, then back in Europe

again?

The Conferences on Ammonia in Ohrid The last: Ohrid (Macedonia) May 2009

Proceedings available The next: Ohrid (Macedonia) April 2011

In other series of IIR conferences (Thermophysical

properties of refrigerants… ), studies on natural

refrigerants are also of course presented

Conferences2 IIR dedicated series of conferences:

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CONCLUSIONNatural refrigerants are already an efficient, cost-effective and safe solution in many applications in refrigeration and air conditioning.

They often require different equipment than « chemical » refrigerants (CFC, HCFC, HFC) for technical and safety reasons.

They should be better promoted for new equipment and the replacement of old equipment.

They still require improvements, research and development in various applications

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