Rankine 2020 Conference Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for the Future
Virtual event connects people across the globe
PARIS — The IIR Rankine 2020 – Advances in Heating, Cooling and Power Generation conference was organized by the Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) as a five-day online event running across July 27-31. It incorporated over 90 speaker presentations, organized in 20 chaired sessions and 14 hosted cross-topic debates sessions called “coffee lounges.”
The virtual event attracted nearly 200 delegates in total, actively sharing the latest research in refrigerants and system design, and innovation compressors and components. Speakers and delegates discussed the challenges and opportunities of linking the worlds of refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps (RACHP), and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) to address the need for more sustainable heating and cooling.