Chillventa – the exhibition for energy efficiency, heat pumps and refrigeration

STULZ is a leading global manufacturer of precision air conditioning, humidification equipment and solutions with their Global Headquarters located in Hamburg, Germany. STULZ has 450+ employees in their North American Headquarters in Frederick, MD. STULZ has been at the forefront of precision air-conditioning technology and innovation for over 70 years. STULZ currently operates 10 manufacturing plants and maintains over 140+ sales offices with sales and service partners around the world. To meet the increased demand for precision HVAC equipment, STULZ will increase its investment in North American plants and personnel. Therefore, STULZ is very pleased to announce that Dayton, TN will be the new home of its second manufacturing location in USA.

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Illegal refrigerant imports and sales activity in Europe can now be easily reported, and in confidence, through a new website established by the refrigerant producers group EFCTC. The European HFC phase down, which led to huge price increases and some product scarcity last year, has encouraged a considerable black market in refrigerants. Much of this product is being imported outside of the quota system with a large proportion of it in illegal disposable cylinders. Current estimates are that around 20% of sales in the EU are suspected of being outside the phase down quota mechanism. --------Welcome on the Action Line for reporting illicit F-Gas products and trading PLEASE REPORT ILLEGAL TRADE IN F-GAS HERE You should only use this reporting system for issues relating to F-Gases. You can use your local language to complete even if it is not one of the available languages. New languages will be added soon!

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It can be used to cool or heat the air in a room or to cool or heat liquids. And it looks like something that Q – the tech specialist and gadgeteer in the James Bond films – might have come up with. The prototype device, which has been developed by a research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Andreas Schütze at Saarland University, is able to transfer heat using ‘muscles’ made from nickel-titanium. Nickel-titanium or nitinol, as it is often known, is a shape-memory material that releases heat to its surroundings when it is mechanically loaded in its superelastic state and absorbs heat from its surroundings when it is unloaded. This unusual property is the reason why nitinol is also referred to as a ‘smart alloy’ or as ‘muscle wire’. This effect has been exploited by the Saarbrücken researchers who have developed an environmentally friendly heating and cooling system that is two to three times more efficient than conventional heating and cooling devices.

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