EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Continued from page 35
Friday, 8 June 2018
Time
Speaker
10:00
Wynand
Groenewald, head
of engineering
at Commercial
Refrigeration
Services
11:00
Grant Laidlaw,
president of
SAIRAC
12:00
Carsten Dahlgaard,
senior director
sales for Europe,
Middle East, and
Africa at Danfos
Bio Topic Abstract
Groenewald holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
His thesis ‘A techno-economical of a CO 2 heat pump’ was the
first thesis on the subject of CO 2 in Africa. He joined CRS in 2010
and played an integral part in the development of Africa’s first
CO 2 transcritical refrigeration system. He holds the position as
head of engineering, where his team strives to reach higher
frontiers within the development and implementation of natural
refrigerants. Global trends in
CO 2 refrigeration
systems. Global trends on CO 2 refrigeration systems being used in
the market. Experiences and views on the operation of
these systems under different ambient conditions. Future
of natural refrigerants such as CO 2 according to phase-
out legislations and uptake in the market. Possibilities
and differences between using CO 2 as an alternative
refrigerant to HCFCs.
Laidlaw is the owner of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Academy (ACRA) in Edenvale. He holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration and an associate degree in educational
administration. He has a National Technical Diploma and
completed an apprenticeship with Transnet. He has dual-trades
status: