With 120 million household refrigerators and freezers in operation in the United States, their consumption of electrical energy is of major concern not only to the consumer, but also to the power generating utilities that have to provide the power. The...

A typical refrigerator with its door open A refrigerator (often called a "fridge" for short) is a cooling appliance comprising a thermally insulated compartment and a mechanism to transfer heat from it to the external environment, cooling the contents...

REFRIGERATION Gains in low-temperature cases helped unit shipments of commercial refrigeration equipment show a 3.1% increase in 1988 over the previous year's performance, according to the Commercial Refrigerator Manufacturers Association (CRMA). The trade association does not report numerical totals for shipments...

EPA extends regulations to the new 'substitute' refrigerants, including HFCs. Under Title VI Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, it has been illegal since Nov. 15, 1995, to knowingly vent substitutes for chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants during the maintenance,...

Every year, thousands of American children go through the tearful, teeth-gritting ordeal of getting their vaccinations, only to be forced to do it all over again. The vaccines were duds, ruined by poor refrigeration.It is more than a source of distress for parent and child....

When John Cornwell graduated from Duke University last year, he landed a job as software engineer in Atlanta but soon found himself longing for his college lifestyle. So the engineering graduate built himself a reminder of life on campus: a refrigerator that can toss a...

There have been many inventions that have affected our society greatly. The refrigerator is one of these necessities that have helped us tremendously.