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UK to have 3000 smart fridges
The UK is about to test drive 3,000 smart refrigerators that will know when to adjust their power use to match the needs of the grid. The fridges could mean both a massive cost savings and a boost to alternative energy use. The fridges, supplied by RLtec, are going to be given away by the UK government next year for a trial run...(www.rltec.com )...Dynamic demand technology could help the grid ease off fossil fuels and onto renewable energy sources that typically are not as reliable... - Read More
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MIT spin-off develops fridge for rural India
Promethean Power Systems says solar-powered cooling unit uses thermoelectric technology to reduce power consumption. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology spin-off has raised funding to produce a solar-powered fridge for rural India. Cambridge, Mass.-based Promethean Power Systems secured angel funding from the Quercus Trust of California, a private trust based in Newport Beach. - Read More
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Food Industry Applications of CO2
Over decades, food industry has consumed huge sums of CO2 for short to long term refrigeration requirements in many world markets. CO2 will always remain a viable refrigerant with added value as an anaerobic agent. Some processors use CO2 for a long term, in a full range of applications in their processing plants, from IQF (individually quick frozen) apps, to use in grinding and commercial packaging with CO2 snow; to use as a gas flush agent in final consumer level packaging of food products. - Read More
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