Author - Neil Lobocki

Hainsworth, Doctor and Climber of Mountains

Refrigeration Research -“celebrating 1944 like it’s 1999” Doctor W.R. Hainsworth stood at the podium at the 31st Spring meeting of the American Society of Refrigeration Engineers in 1944 and proclaimed that scientists would never find the perfect refrigerant. But, that didn’t stop him from trying. He had survived the rocky gridiron known [...]

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How to Charge a System (1944 style)

More News from 1944 the year Refrigeration Research began Charging a system in 1944 was much like it is today. Most systems used either methyl chloride or R-12 and some low temperature systems used propane but, not for the reasons we are using it today.They also used service cylinders. The service [...]

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R-22 as a Low Temperature Refrigerant

A refrigeration engineer makes the case to replace R-12 in 1944 J.W. Craig, a refrigeration engineer at the Crosley Corporation made a presentation to the ASRE (American Society of Refrigeration Engineers) at the beginning of 1944, the year Refrigeration Research began. He was working on environmental test chambers for the [...]

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Lord Kelvin’s Paradox

“I have thought of a better way”. This saying, attributed to Lord Kelvin, wasengraved over the entrance to the Kelvinator Refrigeration Company. Kelvinpondered many paradoxical questions including the darkness of the night sky (if the sky is populated with billions of stars, why doesn’t the sky remain light after the sun [...]

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Refrigerants in 1944

Why Refrigeration Research makes Driers Moisture has always caused problems in refrigeration systems. In 1944, most systems used Sulphur Dioxide, Methyl Chloride, Methylene Chloride or one of the new “Freons”. But, moisture was a problem for all of them. Moisture freezing in the capillary tube or expansion device stopped the flow [...]

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The Big Guns

These two men, Charles Nash and George Mason left their mark on both the refrigeration industry and the automotive industry.  Nash was orphaned at the young age of 6 and sent off to Michigan to serve as an indentured servant until the age of 21. He ran away from [...]

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The First Absorption Refrigerator

With an imaginative mind and a flair for invention, Carl Munters showed promise at a early age. After finishing school at the Norra Real Upper Secondary School in Stockholm, he chose to follow in his father’s footsteps to pursue a career in engineering, beginning at the Royal Institute of [...]

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