Transport

The Canadian Pacific Railway’s has ordered over 400 Thermo King refrigerated containers using the lower GWP refrigerant R452A.

Transport refrigeration specialist Carrier Transicold has restated its commitment to CO₂ as the optimum refrigerant for customers.

Carrier Transicold is to introduce its PrimeLINE container units with the capability to switch to the lower GWP refrigerant R513A.

Henderson Group, owners of the Spar, Eurospar, ViVo, ViVoXtra and ViVo Essentials grocery franchises, has upgraded its refrigerated fleet with Thermo King SLXi units using lower GWP refrigerant R452A.

Carrier Transicold has deepened the frozen range of its NaturaLine CO₂ container refrigeration units to achieve and maintain a temperature of -40ºC.

Coming hot on the heels of Maersk Line’s decision to invest in Carrier Transicold’s NaturaLINE container refrigeration system, Singapore-based Seaco Global Limited – one of the world’s leading shipping container leasing companies – has ordered 100 of the units.

Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has invested in 1,000 Star Cool Integrated containers using refrigerant R513A, the lower GWP alternative to R134a.

Safety on board with ammonia as the refrigerant. The ship classification society DNV GL (Det Norske Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd) now also certifies the BITZER screw compressors in the OS.A95 series. Models OSKA9593-K and OSKA95103-K are available, which amongst other features boast large displacement flow rates of up to 1,015 m³/h, with an integrated IQ Modul and infinite capacity control. Apart from a variety of reciprocating compressors, open and semi-hermetic screw compressors, with this, BITZER now also has the largest and newest series of screw compressors with the DNV GL certificate.

The European Commission has ended its antitrust investigation into cooperation between Honeywell and DuPont (now Chemours) on the production of refrigerant R1234yf.

As the world’s second-largest transport company and Europe’s largest railway operator and infrastructure owner – running two billion passenger journeys per year – Deutsche Bahn (DB) AG is acutely aware of its power to contribute to improving environmental sustainability.

At ATMOsphere Europe 2017, rail giant Deutsche Bahn called on manufacturers to help it achieves its goal of using natural refrigerants for air conditioning in new trains by 2020.

A-Gas’ Rapid Recovery service came into its own recently when asked to recover around 3 tonnes of refrigerant from a cruise ship while the vessel was still at sea.

Dorin is drawing inspiration from the automotive sector in seeking to improve the performance of its CO₂ compressors, Giacomo Pisano, the Italian manufacturer’s technical sales manager, said.

Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipping container company, is testing 100 refrigerated shipping containers fitted with Carrier Transicold’s NaturaLINE CO₂ refrigeration system at the port of Santa Marta in Colombia.

Germany company Eberspaecher Suetrak will be presenting its system using CO₂ refrigerant for bus air-conditioning systems.

The European directive on mobile air-conditioning (MAC) entered into force in 2006. It introduces a gradual ban on greenhouse gases in passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Since January 1, 2011, new vehicles’ air conditioning systems must be filled with a refrigerant with a lower GWP. R134a has been banned totally since January 2017. All cars must be equipped with a system with a GWP below 150.

EPA rule had limited potent greenhouse gases, boosted market for HFO substitutes.

Sanden, one of Japan’s leading automotive component manufacturers, has confirmed that it is now supplying compressors for use in Daimler’s promised CO₂ car air conditioning systems.

Lower GWP refrigerant R452A has been specified in trials of two new Carrier Transicold engineless transport refrigeration systems.

According to Marketsandmarkets, the global natural refrigerants market is projected to reach USD 1,419 million by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5% between 2015 and 2020. Europe is the largest market for natural refrigerants followed by Asia-Pacific. Ammonia accounted for 60% of the market share for natural refrigerants in 2014.