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Sorry friends but please read on August 2021
It is with deep regret that we are writing to tell you that after more than half a century the LRS has ceased to be a viable operation. The number of members attending meetings has dwindled and is now solely supported by the same loyal members who have attended the society for many years. The committee have all resigned following a recent meeting, and with no replacements coming forward to run the society, your committee have decided to close the activities of
The London Refrigeration Society
History follows
My Friends here is the new 2019/20 program of speakers and activities
We meet at the "Greenwich Tavern" 7.30pm but please come early to socialise over a drink and meal
Usually 0n the Second Thursday of each month as listed below
2019-2020 PROGRAMME meetings at the Greenwich Tavern
12 September 2019 : TQ Environmental "Refrigerant & Gas Monitoring" Mark Scott
10 October 2019 : Queen Mary University "Enhanced condensation heat transfer" Huasheng Wang
14 November 2019 : Thermozone "Maintenance is King at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich" Trevor Dann
4 December 2019 : Joint meeting with the IOR, Historical talk at the RAF Museum Hendon Note WEDNESDAY
9 January 2020 : Fujitsu "The Latest Technology" Rob Broughton Ultimate Air
Our next meeting
13 February 2020 : Endo Enterprises "Reduce Heating Bills by up to 15%" Ben Salon
12 March 2020 TBC
9 April 2020 Our Annual London Walk
For more information, contact:
Honorary Treasurer Ron Filer lrsociety@yahoo,co,uk, 07852 122 948
Program manager Brendan O'Reilly brendanblygolduk.com 01895 259346 07876 654319
Notes on Past Season 2018/2019
On Thursday Sept 13th Mr Chris Green of Arctic Circle presented a talk on
" Storing Waste Heat Under Car Parks"
Report under Newsletter
On Thursday 11th October - John Bawden of Testo - presented
"Smart solutions for Refrigeration and AC Engineers!
See Report under Newsletter
8th November - Graeme Fox of REFGas spoke on
"the latest on Refrigerants"
5th Dec @ 4.45pm Joint meeting with the IOR
"Historical talk in the Canal museum"
See the text below from the IOR The address is London Canal Museum, New Wharf Road, Kings Cross, N1 9RT
The Birth of the Refrigeration Industry in London:1850 to 1900
Wednesday 5th December 2018 16:45 to 18:30
IOR Anniversary Networking Event in association with the London Refrigeration Society.
On the 8th December 1899 the IOR was formed at a meeting chaired by R Leonard with 16 interested individuals. Initially known as the Cold Storage and Ice Association, reflecting the early days of refrigeration in the UK, which was based on ice imports.
The Talk
To mark the formation of the IOR we are inviting members and guests to this informal historical talk on 5th December. The location chosen for this meeting is one that is significant to the early refrigeration industry. The London Canal Museum is based in a former ice warehouse and exhibition displays features the history of the ice (and ice cream) trade. Those taking part will gain free entry to explore the museum including, optionally, to descend into the ice well.
After visiting the museum there will be short talk on the Birth of the Refrigeration Industry in London 1850-1900 by Andy Pearson, Chairman of the IOR Technical Committee. He will focus on interesting facts about our early pioneers in the then newly established refrigeration industry.
The talk will include
- The trials of Jacob Perkins ether system by John Wyse in the 1850s,
- The demonstration of James Harrison’s ether system in the same decade
- The role of J&E Hall in developing and dominating the marine market
- The ice rink built by John Gamgee in the 1870s
- The founding of L Sterne and Co
- The Blackfriars Cold Store
- The events leading up to the founding of the Cold Storage and Ice Association
Presenter
Andy Pearson FInstR has a keen interest in refrigeration history and will share his knowledge at this event during an informal talk.
Venue
London Canal Museum, New Wharf Road, Kings Cross, N1 9RT
The London Canal Museum is based in a former ice warehouse and exhibition displays features the history of the ice (and ice cream) trade . Those taking part will gain free entry to explore the museum including, optionally, to descend into the ice well. Find out more about ice and the London Canal Museum here.
This unique museum is a short walk from Kings Cross Station.
Bookings
The event is supported by the IOR Presidents Fund.
2019
Thursday 10th January -
Mr Richard Metcalfe from "ICS Cool Energy"
presented a talk on
"Free Cooling and Refrigerant Selection"
On Thursday 10 January, LRS was visited by Richard Metcalfe, Malcolm Edwards and Lee Chard from ICS Cool Energy. Malcolm Edwards presented us with an overview of ICS Cool Energy and what the group do and also talked about ERP/Eco design, the impact that Brexit and ERP design have on refrigerant choices and about Free Cooling. Below is a brief overview of the topics that was discussed.
ICS COOL Energy
The group provides temperature control solutions from -40℃ up to 400℃. Solutions include packaged products with next day delivery, as well as full turnkey projects. They have done specialist work for over 30 years and are now part of Ingersoll Rand Inc. with a $13.5 BN revenue and do business Europe-wide in 9 countries.
Some of the industries ICS COOL Energy does work for includes plastics and rubber packaging, food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical, metal works, engineering and manufacturing, medical and scientific, leisure as well as the hvac and building services industry. They hold numerous accreditations in order to work in all the different sectors.
Some of the solutions and services offered by ICS COOL Energy, includes the following:
Packaged process temperature control
Energy efficient process cooling solutions
Special process temperature control solutions
Hire solutions
Commissioning
After sales support
ERP Eco Design
The requirement that units need to be tested to, depends on the application, the intended temperature range and the capacity of the unit. The table indicate some of the requirements.
|
Application |
LCWT |
Capacity |
Requirement |
|
Comfort Cooling (People) |
+2 to 20 ℃ |
2 MW |
Comfort Chiller SEER ENER Lot 21 |
|
Process Cooling |
-15 T -8 ℃ |
All |
Process Chiller SEPR MT ENTR Lot 1 |
|
-8 >T <+2 ℃ |
Exempt |
||
|
+2 T 12 ℃ |
2 MW |
Process Chiller SEPR HT ENER Lot 21 |
|
|
> +12 ℃ |
Exempt |
||
|
Comfort Heating (people) |
400 kW |
Heat Pump SCOP ENER Lot 1 |
|
|
> 400 kW |
Comfort Chiller SEER ENER Lot 21 |
||
|
Process Heating |
- |
- |
Exempt |
In 2015, 80% of the units tested, had a SEER rating lower than the Tier 1 rating that was originally to come into effect in 2017 and 88% of units tested was below the Tier 2 requirement set for 2019. This means that much still needs to be done to improve energy efficiency. Lot 1 came into effect on January 1st 2018
The SEER values are regulated by Regulation (EU) No.: 2015/1095 and Regulation (EU) No.: 2016/2281 for comfort and process chillers.
The direct contribution due to the use of refrigerants is far smaller than the indirect contribution of using electricity, therefore improving the energy efficiency of a system, must be a priority.
Brexit and Eco Design link to refrigerants
In the 1900’s refrigerated vessels predominantly used air, ammonia and CO2 as refrigerants indicating that natural refrigerants have been used extensively for a long time whilst some went out of fashion others are making a comeback.
The ErP (improve efficiency levels of chillers) and F-Gas (reduce production to 21% of 2012 baseline) legislation and the Kigali agreement means that the UK have to continue with the F-Gas phase-out and the improvement of chiller efficiencies after Brexit.
Alternative refrigerants include HFC, HFO, natural refrigerants and refrigerant mixtures.
A replacement for R134a includes the non-flammable HFO blend, R513A with a GWP of 631 or the A2L refrigerant R1234ze with a very low GWP of 6 offers the best efficiency levels with a short atmospheric life of 18days
For R410A there is various alternatives on the market that is being tested including R32, R452B and R454B. These refrigerants all have various levels of flammability.
The replacement refrigerant options for R404a includes R449a, R448a and R452a.
R290 has similar properties as R22 but has a high flammability classification and isn’t really suitable as a retrofit.
When using R717, toxicity should be considered and copper can’t be used in the system. Oil management is crucial since oil is heavier than ammonia and don’t mix well with ammonia. A R717 system is very miscible with moisture requiring special attention.
When selecting the appropriate refrigerant for a system, the impact on the environment, system efficiency and safety should be considered. The difficulty surrounding Brexit is if we move to a quota system which refrigerants will you put into your quota
Free Cooling
Traditional free cooling occur when fresh air is used for cooling in a HVAC application. In an application that requires cooling or conditioning throughout the year, the low temperature conditions can be used to help provide cooling during the winter seasons.
In London, an average of 7115 hours per year is below 16 ℃ and can be utilised to reduce energy consumption on chillers by up to 44%.
Free cooling can happen fully, where ambient air is used to provide the full cooling load, or partial free cooling can be employed where the initial cooling is done with free cooling and the rest of the cooling is supplied by traditional cooling.
In a system utilising free cooling, the free cooling will start once the ambient temperature becomes lower than the return water temperature
ICS COOL energy provides built-in options as part of a packaged product or with separate coils
REGRETFULLY February meeting Cancelled due to The Greenwich Tavern
being refurbished all February -
Next meeting at The Greenwch Tavern is 14th March
Mr Nigel Manning Heronhill will present debate on
"Cellar Cooling"
11th April - Our London Walk!
Last Season 2017/8 program
(Now Completed)
Each meeting is usually on the 2nd Thursday evening of the month
14th Sept. "The Ins and Outs of Adiabatic Cooling”
Zafer Ure – Eco-mesh
12th Oct. "High Quality Air Intake Screens”
Richard Betts - Rabscreen
9th Nov. "The Cost Efficient installation and energy controlled Tango Pump”
Shane Leather – Armstrong Fluid Technology
Dec 2017 Regretfully we had to cancel the December meeting,
11th Jan 2018 "Fires caused by domestic fridges”
Mick Beasley – London Fire Brigade
1st Feb. Joint meeting with The IOR (see website) at the London Southbank Uni.
Chris Druce – Star Refrigeration
8th Mar. " Condensate pumps as opposed to gravity drains” by Blue Diamond
19th April Our London Walk
We do the tour from Blackfriars to Westminster along the Thames which is a good one. For that walk we meet outside the Blackfriar Pub just across the road from Blackfriars station (District Line) . The address is 174 Queen Victoria St. meeting at 6.30pm prompt
and we finish at Westminster close to Jubilee District and Waterloo main line stations - Bring a friend!
Last Seasons Diary 2016/7
(Now Completed)
8th Sept. "Skillfridge - the Competition" Karena Cooper - DataTeam regretfully this had to replaced at the last minute with an excellent talk and Discussion by
Mr Luke Jones of "Air Flow" please read the report in our newsletter
13th Oct. "Ducted Systems in Listed Buildings" Rinus Groenewald - The Quantum Group
10th Nov. "Ecocooling - an alternative to refrigeration - discuss" Emma Beresford – EcoCooling
8th Dec. "Life without brazing" Simon Makin - Greenmill
12th Jan. "Energy Saving Lighting Projects for large Commercial Buildings" Steven Henry - Chalmor
9th Feb. "Brexit and the effect on the UK HVAC Industry" Lynn Sencicle - ACR News
A JOINT MEETING with the Institute at London South Bank University. on Thursday 2nd Mar
topic:-
“Domestic Fridges – opportunities for improving safety based on study of domestic fires in London 2005 – 2015” by Beasley, M.*, Holborn, P.G.**, Ingram, J.M.**, and Maidment G.G.**
9th Mar. "Gree the biggest Manufacturer of AC Equipment in the world" Tim Boxall - Gree UK
Our final meeting of this season was on
13th April "The annual London Walk" with Blue Badge Guide Stan Medland
OUR 2015/6 Season of events follows
We thank our speakers and meetings secretary for this programme of events
2015 :(Now Completed)
Sept 10th : "Life After R404A - planning for the phase down with low GWP Alternative"
Mark Hughes - Opteon Refrigerants
Oct. 8th : "Latest advances from Fujitsu Neil Panting - Fujitsu
Nov. 12th : "Underfloor Air-Conditioning Technology"
Glan Blake Thomas - Advanced Ergonomic Technologies Ltd
Dec. 10th : "Site Build and Leak Repair of Cooling Towers"
Julian Williams - Tower Syatems Ltd
2016 :
Jan. 14th : "Flexible Torsional Couplings, Anti-Vibration Mountings
and Lokring cold tube joining system" -
Chris Alexander - Vulcan Lokring .
Feb. 11th : Our Regular guys and partners met together to celebrate a belated Christmas
Dr Helen Fitzgerald
April 14th Our Annual London Walk
Info only Program of events for the past season 2014/2015
(Now Completed)