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6 unusual facts about refrigeration


Jones Cash Store

Since 1929, the building has been used as a cold storage facility, a fresh produce distribution facility, an electrical supply warehouse, a bicycle supply warehouse, and several other uses.

Otter Co-op

The need for food preservation was brought to their attention, and in 1946, Co-operative Cold Storage Lockers were made available.

Refrigeration

William Soltau Davidson thought that Britain's rising population and meat demand could mitigate the slump in world wool markets that was heavily affecting New Zealand.

Sihori

Sihori has a rich culture of milk cooperative societies and cold storage is located near to Sihori.

Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet

They concentrated on supplying ships, and in conjunction with the Union and Castle shipping lines, they developed the first cold-storage enterprise in South Africa.

Tejo Power Station

Furthermore, there are coolers, circuit-breakers and measuring apparatuses in the machinery room, blowers, filters, pumps and distillers in the water room, all dating back to the 1940s.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

The renovation included a new energy efficient refrigeration unit and rink floor as well as the installation of a desiccant dehumidification system.

Bitzer

Bitzer SE, one of the leading companies in the area of refrigeration and air conditioning technology

Dortmunder Actien Brauerei

In 1881, Carl von Linde himself equipped the brewery with one of his refrigeration machines, allowing for a boom of bottom-fermented beer.

GEA Bock

GEA Refrigeration Technologies – international market leader for industrial refrigeration systems - have specialized in the development, construction, installation, service and maintenance of innovative key components and technical solutions.

Handyside Bridge

Another substantial business near by was the refrigeration business of Sir Alfred Seale Haslam.

Henri Grasso

At the age of 19, he follows a refrigeration course in Mittweida, Germany with the latest developments in that field.

History of women in engineering

Similarly, Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), an American chemist and refrigeration engineer, completed the requirements for a BS degree in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1892, but was given a certificate of proficiency instead.

Hobart Corporation

The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing, cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems, and weighing, wrapping, and labeling systems and products.

Insect development during storage

A simulation of insects chilling in a morgue was conducted by using Calliphora vicina to illustrate that adult emergence is delayed by 24 hours, no matter in which stage the refrigeration occurred.

Inverter compressor

The inverter frequency drives need to use algorithms developed specifically for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) or for refrigeration.

Kelvinator

In 2005, Carrier sold the Kelvinator division to National Refrigeration of Honea Path, South Carolina.

Marine energy management

It is a complex problem, due to the number of inter-related energy systems on board vessels, such as the propulsion, the auxiliary engines, refrigeration systems, HVAC, etc.

Milk car

The last fifteen were numbered 1900-1914, and equipped with gasoline-powered mechanical refrigeration to transport bottled milk as a unit train from Bellows Falls, Vermont to First National Stores in Somerville, Massachusetts.

PANDEAN Diet

Virtually all commonly used preservatives (BHT, BHA, Ethoxyquin, and Sodium metabisulfite) and artificial flavor are eliminated by the usage of refrigeration.

Pilsner

The introduction to Germany of modern refrigeration by Carl von Linde in the late 19th century eliminated the need for caves for beer storage, enabling the brewing of bottom-fermenting beer in many new locations.

Unit load device

ULD containers, also known as cans and pods, are closed containers made of aluminum or combination of aluminum (frame) and Lexan (walls), which, depending on the nature of the goods to be transported, may have built-in refrigeration units.

Wassaic, New York

In 1861 Gail Borden opened a factory for producing a milk that would not need refrigeration.


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