KHLim organising a training workshop on natural refrigerants

KHLim is planning a training workshop on natural refrigerants around the Gustav Lorentzen conference held from 25-27 June 2012 in Delft. The course contains both theoretical and practical trainings on the natural refrigerants NH₃ and CO₂.

KHLim i-NET, an auxiliary of the department Industrial Sciences and Technology (IWT) in the Catholic University College Limburg (KHLim) is planning a training course on natural refrigerants in the run-up to the Gustav Lorentzen conference in Delft. The course contains both theoretical and practical trainings on natural refrigerants, centering around the following topics:

• NH₃ and CO₂ as a refrigerant

• How to work safely with NH₃en CO₂

• Personal safety

• NH₃ and CO₂ in a log p/h diagram

• CO₂ subcritical and transcritical

• Cascade-unit NH₃ /CO₂

Core issues to be discussed are:

• Make components pressure free

• Filling the installation with NH₃ and CO₂

• Recover the NH₃ and CO₂ from an installation

• Filling the installation with oil

• Recover the oil from an installation

KHLim plans to offer the 3 days course on 20-23 June 2012 in Belgium, and would then accompany the participants to the conference in Delft. After the conference, the course can be continued on 28-30 in Brussels.

For further information please contact Marc Schreurs at marc.schreurs@khlim.be.

Gustav Lorentzen biennial conference

The conference is named in honour of Norwegian Scientist and engineer Gustav Lorentzen who rediscovered how CO₂ could be used as a refrigerant in a simple and efficient way in heating and cooling applications. The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is the organiser of the Gustav Lorentzen conference.

The IIR Gustav Lorentzen conferences usually attract a wide range of international specialists from science and industry sectors to discuss the latest research results and advances and facilitate an effective exchange of experience and knowledge. This year the conference on Natural Refrigerants will be organised together with the Royal Dutch Association of Refrigeration and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands from 25-27 June 2012.