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

As the power demand for high-performance computing (HPC) increases, the chilled solution to avoid overheating thousands of servers turns out to be their own wastewater. The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Munich, Germany, is no ordinary supercomputer. Rick Koopman, EMEA Technical Leader for High-Performance Computing at Lenovo and others understand that future advances in supercomputing must be made sustainably, and their power demands met considerately: "The main focus for LRZ is ‘green’. By having this emphasis on sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint for their large general-purpose supercomputer, they now have a very efficient system,” he explains.

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Thursday, May 28, 2020 | 10:00 – 11:00 am (CEST): The introduction of HVAC/R solutions with lower Global Warming Potential (Low GWP) refrigerants is an emerging need globally. In order to comply with the Kigali Amendment HFC Phase Down Schedule and the legislation in several countries, flammable refrigerants are the best fitting or the only available option for several kinds of applications. But for system development, new and complex challenges in product design and certification need to be addressed properly.

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IMPORTANT UPDATE INVOLVING COVID-19: Due to the ongoing issues surrounding COVID-19, the Organizing Committee of the 2020 Purdue conferences has made the decision to postpone the 2020 Conferences until May 23-27, 2021. Further information for Authors and Attendees on dates can be found on the Key Dates Page. Questions can be directed to our Conference Coordinator, Brian Barrett at barret71@purdue.edu.

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