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Marc Chasserot - Welcome speech and introduction
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published on 3 February 2014
In his opening remarks Marc Chasserot, shecco Managing Director and ATMOsphere Asia 2014 Chairman, highlighted the dynamism of the commercial refrigeration market in Japan.
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Pega Hrnjak - Natural Refrigerants in different applications
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published on 3 February 2014
Insisting on the dynamism of the commercial refrigeration market in Japan, Pega Hrjak, from the University of Illinois, said that the use of CO2 as a natural refrigerant is the most active research and development area in the field. Whilst heat pump water heaters were the first most successful application of CO2 transcritical technology, today this know-how is expanding into supermarkets and convenience stores.
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Policy session 1 |
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Alexandra Maratou - EU F-Gas Regulation, HFC taxes & fiscal incentives for natural refrigerants
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published on 3 February 2014
An update on the review of the EU F-Gas Regulation was provided in the presentation by Alexandra Maratou from shecco. She started by outlining the motives for revising the Regulation and the legislative process. For the recently agreed compromise deal, she focused on the proposed bans on HFCs that will will play the most important role in terms of giving the industry a clear signal to move away from HFCs. Looking at regional activities in Europe, captured in a recent report “Guide+: HFC taxes & fiscal incentives for natural refrigerants in Europe”, Maratou showed that at least 13 countries have considered or adopted taxes on fluorinated gases or fiscal incentives for natural refrigerants.
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Motoyuki Kumakura - Regulation and funding policy for promotion of fluorinated gases reduction in Japan
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published on 3 February 2014
The first part of the presentation by Motoyuki Kumakura from the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) focused on the revision of the Japanese legislation governing the use of fluorinated gases, the scope of which will be extended to cover the whole life cycle of HFCs – from manufacturing of HFCs, to production of equipment containing refrigerants, use of such technology, recovery and destruction of HFCs. In the second part, Kumakura outlined the subsidy scheme that incentivises end-users to purchase energy-efficient systems using natural refrigerants.
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Market trends |
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Nina Masson - Natural Refrigerants - global trends and latest developments
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published on 3 February 2014
Nina Masson contends that natural refrigerant solutions for many different applications, world regions and climates are already available. With at least 430 companies active in providing natural refrigerant-based solutions, products and services in Europe today, Masson predicts that commercially available solutions using CO2, ammonia, hydrocarbons, water and air as refrigerants will be available in nearly all European HVAC&R sectors in 2018-2020.
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Kiyoshi Hishitani - History and future prospects for Natural Refrigerant based technology and cold-chain products by Panasonic
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published on 3 February 2014
In this presentation Kiyoshi Hishitani, Director of the Cold Chain Business Division at Panasonic Corp., discussed how the company adopted natural refrigerant CO2 in heat pumps, vending machines and retail systems, as well as hydrocarbons in household refrigerators and also vending machines since 2004. In food retail, Panasonic recently realised an impressive installation in a MaxValue store in Funabashi Chiba, Japan, as well as in a Lawson supermarket in Ebina Kanagawa, Japan. Using water as a refrigerant, Panasonic also manufactures absorption chillers for commercial and industrial purposes.
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Junya (Joe) Ichikawa - Sanden CO2 history & future direction
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published on 3 February 2014
Junya Ichikawa, GM and Division Head at SANDEN Corp., presented the company’s hermetic CO2 compressor line used in commercial refrigeration units and heat pumps. SANDEN produces 300,000 units a year, with the production rate planned to increase to between 600,000 and 800,000 units in 2014. In a company overview, Mr. Ichikawa explained that 33.1% of SANDEN’s business is in commercial store systems, 3.7% in eco systems such as heat pumps, whilst the remainder of the company focuses on automotive systems, including compressors. Last year SANDEN celebrated its 70th anniversary, with the following tagline “aiming to sustain dynamic development for a full century.”
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