Find out here what features is in the RACA journal Monthly publication. Heating | Energy | Ventilation | Air Conditioning | Refrigeration
By Benjamin Brits
For some time now in the market there has been fierce discussion, reasoning, and rationale for each of these solutions, but which is the right choice for your application?Read More »Chillers versus VRF: a place for each technology
By P. Thyse, technical manager at Allmech
Cooling towers require water treatment systems to ensure they operate optimally and last their designed service life.Read More »Cooling tower water treatment – understanding the options
By Roy Naidoo, sales director at Danfoss Climate Solutions (South Africa)
Soaring refrigerant prices and uncertainties around future supply have made reducing refrigerant charge an increasing priority for air conditioning manufacturers and cold room installers alike.Read More »Design changes that reduce refrigerant charge
By Sydney Govender, Danfoss Drives South Africa senior country sales manager
The fourth industrial revolution, which is also known as Industry 4.0, refers to the combination of physical assets and advanced digital technologies that communicate, analyse and act upon information, which in turn enables organisations and consumers to be flexible and make more intelligent, responsive, data-driven decisions.Read More »Conditioning monitoring with intelligent drives in Industry 4.0
By Benjamin Brits
So many tools to achieve the job are available to HVACR technicians and even when looking at the “essential short list”, one would find anything up to thirty different types of apparatus.Read More »Tools – a technician’s best friend
Poor indoor air quality, building design, interior design, building maintenance, micro-climate, smart design, fresh air ventilation requirements, air ventilation requirements, filtration systems, particulate removal, construction materials, United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, well building, BREEAM, Living Building Challenge, energy efficiency, filtration units, air filter
By Benjamin Brits
Heat recovery, like many aspects of the HVAC&R world, is not a new element, however its use today is on the rise as design techniques improve, and the development of up-cycling technology is driven to create ways to lower facility energy demand.Read More »Increased efficiency from a free resource
By Benjamin Brits
So many processes and products we never really even think twice about rely on controlled temperature and conditions to come into existence – helped along by various HVACR systems or methodology. Read More »Industrial heating and cooling: helping to build the world
By Andrew Perks
This month I thought I would get out of my usual ammonia chat and look at an article I recently read in The Big Issue.
By Andrew Perks
I am sure there will be lots of stories in the days to come of these challenging times, but in the meantime, we need to look at how we can protect our equipment and maintain the cold chain.