scope:

Ammonia and carbon dioxide (CO2) are the obvious choices to replace synthetic refrigerants such as R-22. The interest in two-stage, ammonia/CO2 systems has reached an all-time high. While there are plenty of technical guidance publications available on ammonia refrigeration, there is a limited amount of published guidance on the use of carbon dioxide as a refrigerant.

To help ensure that the refrigeration industry's transition to natural refrigerants is successful and safe, IIAR has just released a new publication, The Carbon Dioxide Industrial Refrigeration Handbook.

The Handbook explains the advantages of CO2, explores its nature and covers the proper specification, design, installation and operation of safe CO2 systems. The Handbook is a complete "one-stop" source of information on carbon dioxide refrigeration. In addition, it also contains an appendix that presents reprints of technical papers on the subject of carbon dioxide refrigerants from previous IIAR Industrial Refrigeration Conferences.

Areas covered by the Handbook are as follows:

• Chapter 1: Fundamentals
• Chapter 2: CO2/NH3 Cascade Refrigeration Systems
• Chapter 3: System Safety
• Chapter 4: Pipe Sizing
• Chapter 5: Heat Exchangers and Vessels
• Chapter 6: Compressors
• Chapter 7: Lubricants Chapter
• 8: Evaporators Chapter
• 9: Defrost Chapter
• 10: Installation, Startup and Commissioning

The Handbook explains the advantages of CO2, explores its nature and covers the proper specification, design, installation and operation of safe CO2 systems. It?s a complete "one-stop" source of information on carbon dioxide industrial refrigeration. In addition, it contains an appendix that includes reprints of technical papers on the subject of carbon dioxide refrigerants from previous IIAR Industrial Refrigeration Conferences.