Dates of discovery for refrigerants!

[ruffcab69]

Does anyone know where i can go on the web to find the individual dates of discovery for all the refrigerants we use and those we don't use anymore,i'm doing a book report for school(it counts 25% of my grade)and i'm having a hard time finding a web-site that has the information!i sure could use some help!

thanks guys!

charlie brown

[gruntly]

Quick rundown from the Dupont site.

http://www.suva.dupont.ca/hilite.htm

[ruffcab69]

Thankyou,i don't know if i ever would have found the info!



charlie brown

[jernan001]

I'm not sure how much help this will be but you could contact the A.S.M.E. Refrigeration Research Museum in Brighton, Mich.

"BRIGHTON'S HISTORIC REFRIGERATION MUSEUM HONORED BY MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Contact: Mel Torre

Phone: (212) 591-8157
E-mail: torrem@asme.org
Online: http://www.asme.org

__________________________________________________ __

BRIGHTON, Mich., March 20, 2000 - Recognizing its contribution in preserving the historical progression of 20th century refrigeration, ASME International (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) has designated the Refrigeration Research Museum in Brighton, Mich., a mechanical engineering heritage collection.

Founded in 1944, Refrigeration Research, Inc., is home to one of the world's most comprehensive collections of restored refrigerators, freezers, and ice boxes dating back to the early 1900s. The exhibit features many examples of technological advances in mechanical refrigeration for both residential and commercial applications.

Among the collection of items and artifacts is the first Kelvinator refrigeration unit introduced in 1916; a 1926 Savage Arms ice cream compressor unit; the first refrigerator with in-door storage built in 1933; a Crosley "Icy Ball" which used heat instead of electrification to provide cooling, and even a 1919 "Guardian" Frigidaire, cast-iron unit, containing a dome-covered, water-cooled condenser. Such devices have pioneered dramatic improvements in food storage safety and convenience and have set high standards for mechanical reliability.

A ceremony commemorating the heritage collection designation will be held on March 23 at 3:00 p.m. at the museum located at 525 North Fifth Street in Brighton, the home of Refrigeration Research, Inc., since 1959.

Donald Zwiep, P.E., past-president of ASME International will present a bronze landmark plaque to Edward W. Bottum Sr., founder and president of Refrigeration Research. Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of components for commercial refrigeration units.

Since its inception in 1972, ASME International's History and Heritage Program has designated 206 historical mechanical engineering landmarks, heritage collections or heritage sites. Each selection represents contributions made by the technological advances of mechanical engineering and their impact on the quality of life." http://journals.iranscience.net:800/...0/032000a.html

http://www.asmenews.org/archives/bac...es/museum.html

Contact Information:

Refrigeration Research
525 North Fifth Street P.O. Box 869
Brighton, Michigan 48116

Phone: (810) 227-1151
FAX: (810) 227-3700
Email: info@refresearch.com
http://www.refresearch.com/museum.html

[jernan001]

Additional Refrigeration References on the Web:

The HVACR Heritage Centre Canada does not endorse the content of any of these sites, and each of them is solely responsible for its own accuracy.

Advances in Food Refrigeration - http://www.ceic.unsw.edu.au/staff/Tu.../afea-talk.ppt - (PowerPoint bullet outline; no illustrations)

Ammonia Refrigeration History - http://www.nh3tech.org/history.html - (brief mention of S02 systems)

Domestic Technology - Part 2 - http://www.science-tech.nmstc.ca/eng...echnology2.cfm - (some social history; text and a couple of images only; lesson plans, teachers' guides, etc.)

DupontSuva refrigerants - http://www.dupont.com/suva/na/usa/ab...tory_1920.html

Frigidaire Historical Collection at WSU - http://libnet.wright.edu/special/manuscripts/ms262.html

Frigidaire History - http://www.barfly.ca/english/history.html - (one-page, text-only overview)

Greatest Achievements: 10. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration - http://www.greatachievements.org/gre...s/ga_10_2.html - (a bit of social history included)

History of the Refrigerator - http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...rn/fridge.html - (quick, one-page overview)

History of the Refrigerator and Freezers - http://inventors.about.com/library/i...frigerator.htm

How Refrigerators Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator8.htm

Impact of Refrigeration (extract of article from 'History Magazine') - http://www.history-magazine.com/refrig.html - (good social history)

Invention of the Refrigerator - http://www.ideafinder.com/history/in...s/story057.htm - (one-page text overview; a number of useful web links)

Kelvinator - http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment...mchistkel.html (some commercial history of the Kelvinator brand)

Raymond Loewy and Refrigerator Design (1934 Coldspot for SearsRoebuck) - http://www.raymondloewyfoundation.co.../coldspot.html

Refrigerant History - http://chemcases.com/fluoro/fluoro03.htm

Refrigeration and Food Safety - USDA Consumer education and information - http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/focus_ref.htm - (a little history)

Refrigeration Research Historic Museum- http://www.refresearch.com/museum.html

Refrigerator History - http://www.gizmohighway.com/history/refrigerator.htm - (quick, one-page overview; focus on Australia)

Steenstrup - GE refrigerator designer - http://tardis.union.edu/community/pr...teenstrup.html

[HeyBob]

Since my business is 5 minutes from Brighton and the owners of Refrigeration Research are my residential customers I have been in that museum many times.

Well worth the trip........it's unreal how neanderthal some of that early equipment was.

[bennytec]

I never knew there was a musemn of refrigeraton in Brighton.
I gotta go up there some day!

[HeyBob]

Originally posted by bennyapprentice
I never knew there was a musemn of refrigeraton in Brighton.
I gotta go up there some day!

Benny, You need an appointment to get in. It's off 4th or 5th street behind the funeral home.