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The Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Industry
RAC systems are employed in many aspects of our
lifes, normally in the background.
In fact it has been calculated that 20% of the total
electricity produced in the UK is used for
refrigeration processes.
The following is a brief overview of the main users of
RAC systems:
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The Food Industry
The largest of the RAC sectors
Food & Drink Manufacturing
There is a heavy reliance on RAC systems both for production
processes and storage, covering the whole sphere of equipment
types and sizes
Retail Food & Drink
Distribution warehouses with large cold & chill stores
Retail outlets ranging from hyper markets through to small
convenience stores, with food display cases ranging in charge
size of 1kg to up to 300 kg
Restaurants & Bars using cold & chill rooms to store foods display
cabinets to drink coolers
Air Conditioning systems used in the public areas to maintain ideal
conditions both for shopping & leisure
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Manufacturing Industry
Chemical
This industry sector possesses some very complex RAC systems.
Processes include operating at below ambient temperature,
removing heat from exothermic reactions, gas liquefaction and
maintaining reaction temperatures are some examples
Electronics
Producing electronic components require very specific temperature
& humidity conditions usually by large air Conditioning systems
Engineering
Refrigeration is used in various engineering applications, such as
mould cooling, machine cooling. Generally used where the
process temperature required cannot be obtained from water or
forced air
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Buildings
Domestic housing
A fridge or freezer is now seen as a basic necessity and every
dwelling will have one or both.
There is a growing market for RAC systems to be used to provide
heating for houses, as heat pumps are now cost effective and are
providing high enough water temperatures for human comfort.
Office air conditioning
Systems adopted range from simple split systems through complex
VRF systems to large water chillers, like above heat pumps are
becoming more popular.
Hospitals & Universities
Are important users of RAC systems due to their size and some of
the functions they need to perform. Examples being specialist
AC for theatres equipment cooling requirements and
environmental storage facilities
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Mobile Air conditioning & Transport Refrigeration
Vehicle Air conditioning
There is wide spread use of AC systems in cars & vans. This is
covered by The MAC Directive (EC 40/200) which places similar
restrictions to EC 842. From the 2011 refrigerants used in
vehicles will be required to have a GWP below150.
Some larger vehicles, such as coaches & trains use HFC based
system that are not explicitly covered by EC40 or EC842
Refrigerated transport
Is in wide spread use, i.e. lorries containers, rail wagons. These all
use HFC or HCFC refrigerants again not covered by EC directive.
All these systems containing either an F gas or ODS refrigerant
have to recovered by qualified personnel