Institute of Refrigeration president, Lisa-Jayne Cook, has presented certificates and prizes for three research papers presented by students at this week’s Adaptation 2025 conference in Manchester.
The conference on Refrigeration Adapting to Rising Temperatures was organised by the IOR on behalf of the International Institute of Refrigeration.
The first event of its kind, the conference offered industry leaders, academics and engineers a platform to come together to find tangible solutions to the issues posed by rising ambient temperature for the cooling sector. It attracted over 110 delegates.
A paper on Modelling Water Condensation on Fruit Bulks Exposed to Temperature Fluctuations won the Overall Student Prize at Adaptation 2025. The paper, written by Thanut Nuangjamnong of the Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, focused on developing a model of heat and mass transfer in bulk fruits, including condensation. This model has the potential to forecast air and product temperature evolution and accumulation of water condensation, thus helping to prevent condensation, which is unfavourable for product quality.
The student awards, which were sponsored by J&E Hall, also recognised the Experimental Evaluation of R472B As R23 Alternative For Ultra-Low Temperature Refrigeration written by Pau Giménez-Prades of Universitat Jaume I, and Application of CO2 Refrigeration Systems on Small Fishing Vessels: Experimental Laboratory & Simulation Results written by Alex Reimer of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
