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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
The NEWS from 1944 (The year Refrigeration Research Began) Penicillin was discovered accidentally growing in a Petrri dish by a British scientist in 1928. His experiment with anti-bacterial drugs to fight influenza had grown mold while he was away on vacation but as he was about to clean up the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Perhaps Ralphie was on to something. If the reason your tongue freezes to a cold metal pole in winter due to the high thermal conductivity of steel could be exploited to provide simple refrigeration in cold climates, then we truly could sell refrigeration to the native inhabitants of the [...]
Willis Carrier is known as the Father of Air Conditioning. He also invented the psychrometric chart. It was a result of his research studying the effects of heat and humidity on heat and cooling comfort. Carrier was renowned for his great powers of concentration. The late Ed Bottum of Refrigeration [...]
