WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When it comes to industrial and commercial refrigeration, high on the research radar screen are low global warming potential (GWP) alternative refrigerants for everything from small bottle coolers and freezers to entire supermarket systems.
This became evident during a two-hour session at the 14th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue University this summer. It was one of 35 sessions, each of which had about a half dozen papers presented as part of the refrigeration and air conditioning track, which was held concurrently with sessions in the 21st International Compressor Engineering Conference and the 2nd International High Performance Buildings Conference.