ATMO America Set to Cowl Pure Refrigerant Tasks and Tendencies

Now you can register for the occasion right here. Finish customers can register without cost, and contractors/installers of HVAC&R methods are eligible to obtain one free ticket per group, with a 50% low cost on extra tickets. The complete program could be considered right here.

A variety of refrigeration and warmth pump case research involving the usage of CO2 (R744), propane (R290) and ammonia (R717) because the refrigerant shall be offered by industry-leading firms. Power Restoration, Kysor Warren and Kroger; Copeland and Future Inexperienced; Hillphoenix; Güntner, Zero Zone and Amond World; VEIC; and Zero Zone and Coolsys will current CO2-based refrigeration case research. As well as, Dorin; Hillphoenix and Flō Power Options; Intellihot; and Movement Environmental Techniques and Lawrence Berkeley Nationwide Labs will ship case research on CO2-based warmth pump purposes. Different associated case research shall be offered by Axiom Cloud and Ratio Institute.

Delivering case examine shows on propane-based refrigeration shall be Tecumseh and TruMed; Embraco and Structural Ideas; and VEIC. Ammonia-based refrigeration case research shall be offered by Evapco and ColonialWebb collectively, in addition to Sensible Care. An ammonia absorption warmth pump case examine shall be supplied by Stone Mountain Applied sciences.

Different expertise highlights embody:

• Main finish customers will share their experiences utilizing various kinds of pure refrigerant applied sciences, together with advantages, challenges and future plans. Audio system will embody Bob Siler, Operations Engineer, Amazon; Megan Rodriguez, Senior Supervisor of Refrigeration, Grocery Outlet; Aer Teale, Director of Engineering, Lineage Logistics; and a consultant of Common Refrigeration.
• Warmth Pump Market Tendencies: the newest market developments associated to pure refrigerant warmth pumps in North America shall be addressed by Andy Baker, Proprietor & Venture Supervisor, YourCleanEnergy.
• Coaching Panel: Pure refrigerants-based coaching and certification alternatives shall be mentioned by Rusty Walker, Coaching Director, North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC), and Jim Barron, Government Director, Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Affiliation (RETA).

PFAS and coverage

The hyperlink between PFAS and refrigerants shall be a spotlight of ATMOsphere America.

Robert Bilott, the pioneering U.S. environmental lawyer, will open the convention with a keynote on how he uncovered the worldwide menace of PFAS, with classes for the cooling and heating {industry}.

Bilott’s keynote shall be adopted by a PFAS and international warming panel dialogue together with Richie Kaur, Non-CO2 Local weather Air pollution Discount Advocate, Local weather & Power, for the Pure Assets Protection Council (NRDC); Mindi Messmer, Senior Analysis Scientist for MedStar Well being and former New Hampshire State Home Consultant; Gabriel Salierno, Inexperienced Chemist for the Toxics Use Discount Institute; and a consultant of ATMOsphere.

As well as, a coverage and requirements session will talk about developments impacting the uptake of pure refrigerants in North America. Audio system will embody:

• A consultant of the U.S. Environmental Safety Company (EPA)’s Stratospheric Safety Division on the Workplace of Atmospheric Packages, who will present an replace on the U.S. AIM Act
• Ram Narayanamurthy, Deputy Director, Constructing Applied sciences Workplace, U.S. Division of Power (DOE)
• Suzanne Hagell, Chief of the GHG Mitigation Bureau, Workplace of Local weather Change, New York State Division of Environmental Conservation.
• Beth Porter, Senior Local weather Coverage Analyst, Environmental Investigation Company (EIA)
•  Dr. Rajan Rajendran, Advisor – EIA, 5 Rivers Analysis and Consulting
• Tony Lundell, Senior Director of Requirements and Security, Worldwide Institute of All-Pure Refrigeration (IIAR)