Danfoss and ENGIE Develop Oil-Free R600a Chiller with TNS385 Compressor
Prototype testing is assessing performance, controls and A3 safety ahead of a planned 2027 controlled compressor release, subject to validation.
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Chillventa CONGRESS 2026: Brussels Rules Meet the Refrigerant Switch
The EU review of ecodesign rules for refrigeration condensing units began in February 2021, and the draft text is now expected at the end of 2026. Industry wants a seasonal efficiency metric in it, because, as Danfoss put it, CO2 "would not have a chance" in smaller units if efficiency were judged by a single
Chillventa 2026 Preview: Key Technologies Ahead of the October Show
Exhibitors arriving in Nuremberg on 13 to 15 October are no longer arguing about whether to move to natural refrigerants. They are showing how fast the move can be made, and at what cost. That single change of question runs through nearly every release we have received ahead of Chillventa 2026, the largest edition of
Data Center Cooling: The Site Decides the System, the Operator Decides the Refrigerant
The first part of this series traced a chain of decisions from public data and disclosed projects: what a site can supply in power, water, and demand for waste heat sets the cooling architecture, and the architecture narrows the refrigerant. This part puts that chain to six people who build and supply the equipment. The
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Energy Efficiency in Refrigeration
This Chillventa 2026 Special Edition reads the exhibitor material for Nuremberg, 13–15 October, as a single body of evidence. Six shifts stand out: packaged CO₂ units reaching bakeries and single display cases, refrigerant charge counted in grams, data centre cooling arriving at a refrigeration fair, heat pumps supplying at boiler temperatures, efficiency moving from the […]
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