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Australia & NZ in Brief
AUSTRALIA & NZ IN BRIEF MARKET
ADVANSOR OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN AUSTRALIA Advansor is spreading its wings to Australia. Lucas Refrigeration will install the Danish company’s first CO2 transcritical rack in the country, in a United Food Express warehouse. “Advansor, the world leaders in CO2 transcritical technology, have arrived in Australia,” says Ian Tuena, managing director of the Natural Refrigerants Company Pty Ltd – which represents Advansor in Australia. United Food Express is a Victoria-based seafood importer and wholesaler that distributes to the Australian food service industry. The CO2 transcritical system will provide the chilling and freezing for the complex, located in the Melbourne suburb of Keysborough. The Natural Refrigerants Company is coordinating and providing back-up services for the Lucas Refrigeration installation. “With the recent signing of the Kigali Agreement, synthetic refrigerants were no longer an option. This led to the decision for a cost-effective and future-proof solution – a transcritical CO2 system,” Tuena says. “We’re fortunate that we were one of the first ones involved in CO2 transcritical in this country,” he adds. Andrew Williams
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TECHNOLOGY
DÜRR THERMEA PREDICTS ASIAN INDUSTRIAL CO 2 MARKET GROWTH
REPORT: NATREFS ‘PREFERRED CHOICE’ FOR MANUFACTURERS
Dürr thermea manufactures high-temperature heat pumps, refrigeration units and compressed air dryers. It sees growing opportunities for industrial CO2 heat pumps in Asia.
Natural refrigerants will take centre stage in the greener refrigeration of the future, according to a new Danfoss report. The global move towards climate-friendly technology to deliver the objectives of the Kigali and Paris Agreements will lead many manufacturers to see natural refrigerants as “the preferred choice whenever possible, though safety will still be an important factor in regulating the usage of certain refrigerants,” the report predicts.
Sales and Project Manager Frank Glaser anticipates strong growth in CO2 use in Korea as well as the Asia-Pacific region at large. “Last year we sold our first heat pump in the Korean market. We’re confident that this market will grow due to the good ratio between electricity and gas for heat pumps overall,” he says. Glaser draws attention to two recently completed projects in China. The first was for a Volkswagen production factory in Qingdao and the second was for a mobile sludge dryer. Although the majority of its business is in Europe, the company is now focused on growing in Korea and is optimistic about the growing CO2 market in the wider region. “In Europe, there is certainly an awareness of the use of CO2 in the market overall from people who are interested in buying large-scale heat pumps. But in Korea, it is only the beginning.” Devin Yoshimoto
Danfoss see the obstacles to full market penetration of natural refrigerant falling away over the coming decades. The report cites two important initiatives launched by the United Nations – the Global Refrigerant Management Initiative (GRMI) and the Refrigerants Driving License (RDL) – as playing crucial roles in providing the training and safety that the industry needs. “Both initiatives aim at developing the service sector to encourage competent and safe servicing and installations,” the report says. Charlotte McLaughlin
Accelerate Australia & NZ
Autumn 2017