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Introduction to refrigeration - State of the art. Implementation

Author: Paul RIVET

Publication date: October 10, 2013 | Lire en français

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    1. Cold is essential to life

    Today and tomorrow, it's impossible to imagine doing without the cold:

    • for food safety reasons: production, transport, distribution and consumption of many food products;

    • for health: development and preservation of medicines, tissues, organs, vaccines, medical treatments, surgical operations;

    • for the preservation of species and biodiversity;

    • to create and improve living, working, transport, leisure and travel conditions;

    • for defense and research technologies: satellites, space probes, etc;

    • for processes in virtually all industries: plastics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, metals, nanotechnologies;

    • for energy production: power plant cooling, natural...

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