About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere Asia 2014
published on 3 February 2014
18 pages
2 MB

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.

About the speaker(s)

Pega Hrnjak

 

Professor Hrnjak is Co-Director of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center (ACRC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, an NSF founded university–industry cooperative research center. Pega is also a founder and President of R&D company CTS, which bridges ACRC activities (precompetitive research in function of education) and industry. He is an active member or fellow of ASME, ASHRAE, IIR, SAE and IIAR, and an editor or member of the boards of several professional scientific journals. He is a recipient of Gustav Lorentzen, J&E Hall and Rittinger medals among other awards.