HYDROCARBONS (HCs) – From domestic to commercial refrigeration: a market in full development
Across the world there are over 600 million hydrocarbon domestic refrigerators. Let’s find out what hydrocarbons are and why they are so widely used
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New frontiers of synthetic refrigerants: low-GWP fluids
Even nowadays, the threat represented by the global warming alarms the scientific community. Over the years, the refrigerating and……
AMMONIA NH3: natural and efficient but toxic
Ammonia (NH3) is the only natural refrigerant being continuously used in industrial refrigeration since its first application. Read more.
Secondary fluids: acqueous solutions and non-acqueous liquids
In many refrigerating applications, heat is transferred to a secondary coolant, which can be any liquid cooled by the refrigerant and used….Read more
What happens to fluid properties near the critical point?
The case of CO2 The topic exposed in the title arises many questions that we will try to answer in the following paragraphs. Among those, what is the critical point? Is it a state that regards all the fluids? If yes, why do we talk always about CO2? All of these questions are pertinent and […]
How to design a capillary tube: the simplest and most reliable throttling device
When the caapillary tube used for controlling refrigerant flow, it connects the outlet of the condenser to the inlet of the evaporator.
Evaporators and condensers: counter-current or co-current arrangement?
The proper selection between counter-current and co-current flow arrangements in heat exchangers is often reason for discussion and debates: Read more….
Coils 8.0 build 190617 – New languages: Thai & Korean
We promised, it happened. From the build 190617 of Coils 8.0, already available for download for all customers under technical support, our renowned software for the calculation of Finned Pack Heat Exchangers is now available in Korean and Thai!
Unilab @ UIT – Heat Transfer Conference
Unilab is proud to have participated as silver sponsor at the 37th edition of the “UIT – Heat Transfer Conference”. The UIT has proved to be an important moment of sharing the prospects of the market in the coming years.
DLL vs SOFTWARE, PT.3 – Our DLL VS external DLLs in our AHU Smart-Air Software
In the previous articles, we discussed about what differentiates a DLL from a Software. In this 3rd article, we will discuss about how our COILS DLL is natively integrated and at the core of our AHU selection software Smart-Air.
DLL vs SOFTWARE, PT.2 – THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATION DLL
In this 2nd part of our DLL related article, we will add some insights on how a thermodynamic calculation DLL works. In the next article, we will see in particular how Unilab manages third party DLLs in its software Smart-Air, for the selection of Air Handling Units!
DLL vs SOFTWARE, PT.1: Why the DLL is NOT a software
DLLs. In this article we want to clarify better what is a DLL, what is meant by DLL and why the DLL is not a software per se, but necessarily needs to be connected to a software, and called by it, to work and give output results.