EPISODE 044
KLAAS VISSER
Klaas Visser
KAV Consulting
Podcast 044 with special guest Klaas Visser – rediscovered how CO2 could be used as a refrigerant in heating and cooling applications – KAV Consulting
Explaining why this is great for the environment. And why this should really be used to a greater extend.
Klaas Visser has extensive international experience in the design, building, and trouble shooting medium to large ammonia systems with involvement in more than 800 NH3 projects over the past 45 years.
Introduced to me by Erwin Boermans – ComfortID
Intro Klaas Visser – Dutchie in Australia, from Friesland, a Marine Engineer.
- CO2 as refrigerant, Gustav Lorentzen from Norway, really an ammonia specialist,
- CO2 used before the war and the switchover to chemical
- Transcritical application voor CO2 refrigeration, extracting the heat
It is never too late to switch to natural refrigerants, educating people
Sick buildings – hospitals that should close
- Talking to the Victorian government, speaking all over the world
- R&D grant
- Work on a food processing plant, a coal store in Malaysia & NSW Government, a food factory for the prison population.
Difference for the climate / advantages, reception around the world
Flat patch on my forehead
Increase in population and Bill Gates
Change in Australia and endnote
KAV Consulting
Transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems for building cooling and heating reduce energy and cooling water consumption, emissions and the legionella danger
DISCUSSED
‘Australia looks like becoming totally isolated from the G7 and internationally on climate change.’
Australia is deeply exposed to carbon border tax adjustments due to its export fundamentals, exporting commodities that have a high carbon content either intrinsically or in the course of their production.
The Refigerant Circle:
A clear overview of the development of refrigerants with colleague Professor Risto Ciconkov from the University of Skopje, Macedonia
The Implications of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
