HVAC Contracting Researchers Develop 'Easy-to-Create' Compound for Magnetic Refrigeration Material Is Simpler to Produce, and Therefore Cheaper, Than Simply Using the Rare Earth Mineral Gadolinium By ...

Solid-state cooling has long promised quieter, more compact refrigeration without the climate burden of traditional gases, but the materials have struggled to deliver enough punch in a small footprint ...

Carrier’s next refrigerant will be carbon dioxide, which is very safe as a cooling compound even if environmental authorities blame CO2 for helping cause Climate Change. Photo: Carrier Transicold ...

The 2013 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards, incorporating 41 new addenda, have been published. Requirements in American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ASHRAE Standard ...

When chemist Thomas Midgley Jr. and his research team at the Frigidaire division of General Motors were charged with coming up with a new refrigerant gas in the late 1920s, they were given two ...