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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN promote/recommend it to a college or industry member,” said La Grange. “To South African industry role players, there are very real potential gains should you consider other global application successes with R290 as refrigerant,” he said. “The local HVAC&R sector is considered to be playing a leading role globally when it comes to the application of new technologies and this is one more area for the SA sector to develop offerings for other users and operators globally. Many concerns regarding the use of R290 were addressed during this lecture and it will mean that many of our members can now review the use of R290 with greater confidence having seen the widely accepted and successful applications in other developing economies.” R290 LECTURE The lecture spanned a vast number of slides and Dr Hasse shared a great deal of information, on R290 specifically, but also climate change in the broader sense, and the future of refrigerants as well. He looked at typical R290 applications and real-life case studies, touching on topics such as safety, electrical savings, and even natural refrigerants in chillers. The full presentation will be available to SAIRAC members for download on www.sairac.co.za. CLA CAPE TOWN Dick Manning (left) and Harry Blaxall catching up before the lecture at the Cape Town event. Dr Hasse giving his Memorial Lecture at Elsenburg for SAIRAC Cape Town. Memorabilia items from the history of Dr Dreosti and more. From left: Erik Kiderlin (SAIRAC); Lance Goldblatt (AHI Carrier); Steven Palvi (Wynroete Verkoeling); and Norman Keys (AHI Carrier). 38 www.coldlinkafrica.co.za COLD LINK AFRICA • SEPTEMBER 2019