Grady McAdams, the leader of cold storage sales with Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration, talks with Linda Becker about using CO₂ for process cooling.

Natural refrigerants deserve to be a bigger part of the climate-saving solution. CO2 has the potential to be as common of a refrigerant as R404A is today, at least for industrial process refrigeration systems.

Safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Inc. will acquire Bacharach Inc. and its affiliated companies from FFL Partners. The two companies inked a definitive agreement before announcing the acquisition, a transaction valued at $337 million.

Due to the extended duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and state regulations in Illinois, the Process Heating & Cooling Show has been postponed to June 15-16, 2022, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. This inaugural event, which is being produced by BNP Media’s Process Heating and Process Cooling magazines, was originally scheduled to take place June 2021.

The education program for the Process Heating & Cooling Show includes industry leaders sharing their knowledge and expertise on range of industrial topics.

A gas detection controller for refrigerant, toxic and combustible gas detection applications is designed for safety compliance in cold storage facilities, walk-in freezers and cold room applications to -40°F.

Linde started up a new carbon dioxide (CO₂) plant in Freeport, Texas, that will recycle the crude CO₂ supplied from an MEGlobal process. The crude CO₂ will be purified and liquefied into commercial grades to serve customers in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, where it is used to carbonate drinks, as well as to freeze, chill, preserve and package food.

Many processes contain dirty gas streams that need to be cooled and cleaned prior to the next step in the process. This article will look at directly cooling these streams and methods for effectively removing contaminants from dirty gas streams.

Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group, a subsidiary of Nikkiso Co., closed the acquisition of the Alternative Fuels Division (AFD) from GP Strategies Corp. of Columbia, Md. GP Strategies’ AFD focuses on the design, fabrication and maintenance of liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied to compressed natural gas (LCNG), compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen (H₂) facilities.

Hot oil refineries and other industrial facilities can present hazards for process cooling equipment and personnel, creating hazardous working conditions.