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elearning-training A new benefit for IIR members! up to 50% discount on courses produced by elearning-training.com: refrigeration, air conditioning, CO2 refrigeration and soon a course on the F-gas Regulation.
These courses have received several awards, including the "Cooling Industry Awards 2007".
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  Fridoc database
  Fridoc is accessible online and constitutes the largest database entirely devoted to refrigeration and its applications (84 000 references). All members of the IIR can consult it free of charge.
   
  e-Bulletin
  Consult the latest issue of the e-Bulletin (No. 2008-5). 490 new articles and books.
 
 
  Key IIR News
The IIR is 100 years old! However, its actions are as leading edge as ever.

View the centenary video by clicking play arrow.

You can also download the video in large format (185 Mo)
centenary of the IIR: Refrigeration Year 2008 is called "Refrigeration Year" since it marks the centenary of the IIR and several national refrigeration associations. Numerous actions are planned in order to celebrate this event:
general presentation, past events, events in The Netherlands.
In particular, an international conference was held on June 12, 2008 in Paris. Consult the presentations given by the various speakers.
Informatory Note of the IIR Consult the latest Informatory Note of the IIR : RFID Technologies for Cold Chain Applications by S. Estrada-Flores & D. Tanner
Newsletter of the IIR Consult the latest issue of the Newsletter of the IIR (No. 35), also available in .PDF format.
 
 
  IIR bookshop
International Dictionary of Refrigeration An essential reference book was published in 2007: the first volume of the International Dictionary of Refrigeration comprises 4400 terms and definitions in English and French, allocated to 11 chapters.

2 new volumes have now been published:
- the German volume (German-English-French: Terms)
- the Chinese volume (Chinese-English-French : Terms)
 
8th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids 8th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids
The proceedings of the 8th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids held in Copenhagen on Sep...

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Ammonia as a Refrigerant Ammonia as a Refrigerant
This third edition of the IIR’s acclaimed guide to ammonia has been completely updated to take into account the latest trends, cost-effective solutions and legislati...

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Complete list of books and conference proceedings.
 
 
  IIR conferences
2009 1st IIR Cold Chain Conference
April 27-29, 2009 - Singapore, Singapore
Commissions: C2, D1, D2
Telephone: +61 3 8623 3007 - Fax: +61 3 9614 8949

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Ammonia Refrigeration Technology
May 7-9, 2009 - Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM)
Commissions: B2 with B1, D1
Telephone: - Fax:

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Full Conference Agenda.
 
Conference update: Des Moines
The 3rd International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature will take place in Des Moines, USA, ... Read More
 
MAC: CO2 or HFO-1234yf?
The SAE Alternate Refrigerant Symposium held in Phoenix, USA, on June 10-12, 2008, provided an opportunity for the ... Read More
 
Trends and Figures: European food industry
The average quantity of foodstuffs consumed each year by a typical European is 530 kg, 350 kg of which is either re... Read More
 
Briefs: How cold is your fridge?
Steve James and Chris James at The Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre at the University of ... Read More
 
Ultracold polar molecules
Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Universi... Read More
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  The aim of the 10 IIR commissions is to promote and enhance scientific and technological knowledge in their respective fields. The commission members comprise experts proposed by member countries. Each IIR commission has its own Web site. You can access them by clicking on the name of the commission.
A1:  Cryophysics, cryoengineering
A2:  Liquefaction & separation of gases
B1:  Thermodynamics & transfer processes
B2:  Refrigerating equipment
C1:  Cryobiology, cryomedicine
C2:  Food science & engineering
D1:  Refrigerated storage
D2:  Refrigerated transport
E1:  Air conditioning
E2:  Heat pumps, energy recovery
 
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