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ISSN 1812-772X
September 2022 I Vol 38 No 7
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Apr - Jun 2022 Print : 2 453 Online : 3 874
REGULARS 1 Hot and chilled 15 Quote of the month 29 Personality profile : Christopher Kent 45 Popia 51 Products 52 Brandlistings 56 Final fix
NEWS 3 Celebrating a 40 year milestone 5 Closed circuit cooling solution donated to ACRA 7 Refrigerant phasedown in SA reaches HFCs 9 Training centre advances with further accreditation 11 Easing supply chain crunch 13 Energy efficiency will become a must for buildings
ASSOCIATIONS 15 Are you sure you are insured ? 17 Call for youth to pursue careers in the built environment
EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 18 SAIRAC KZN annual golf day 21 FRIGAIR 2022 proves quality through stats
FEATURES 23 Industrial ventilation : requiring more than simple air movement
PROJECTS 30 DC upgrade to meet critical storage conditions 36 Mixed-use building remodelling and HVAC application
CONTRIBUTORS 41 Support : Sensible heat vs latent heat – examples 44 Responsible refrigeration : The new SARACCA training manual 46 Professionals who care : The easiest way to kill the performance of a DX system – continued 47 Women in built : Harassment in the workplace 49 Design : SA buildings can achiev hospitalgrade IAQ
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DC upgrade to meet critical storage
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Heating | Energy | Ventilation | Air Conditioning | Refrigeration EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS FEATURES
PROJECTS CONTRIBUTORS
FRIGAIR 2022 proves quality through Industrial ventilation : requiring more
DC upgrade to meet critical Legislative changes on harassment stats than simple air movement storage conditions in the workplace
RACA Journal I September 2022 www . refrigerationandaircon . co . za
Cover Credit : Parsons and Lumsden