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Article: Energy Costs Driving New Designs for Air Conditioning, Refrigeration.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
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- May 19, 2008
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Byline: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rising energy costs and environmental concerns are boosting interest in more efficient designs for air conditioning and refrigeration, say engineers holding international conferences July 14-17 at Purdue University to flesh out new concepts.
The conferences, held every two years, are drawing hundreds of researchers from around 30 countries. Participants have submitted about 10 percent more technical abstracts this year, largely because of special sessions focusing on energy-conserving technologies, says general conference chair Eckhard Groll, a Purdue professor of mechanical ...