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Italian Refrigeration Units

Italian Refrigeration Units

Italian Refrigeration Units

(OP)
I need some help here: Talking to an Italian brewer, he mentioned that his small plant has 500,000 "refrigeri" (or something like that) in refrigeration capacity. He did not know how much this would be in BTU, kJ or kWh and I surely don't either. Is there anybody out there who has heard about this uniquely Italian way of measuring refrigeration
capacity?
I am not sure about the exact word he used, it just sounded like that.
I appreciate any hint.
Thanks,
Peter

RE: Italian Refrigeration Units

Dear Pkoestler,

The refrigeration technical units used in Italy is the "Frigorie/ora" or Frig/h.

Conversions of units are easy because 1 Frig = 1 kcal = 4,187 kJ.

The units are now largely superseeded by IS.

Frigorie units are used by old operators and maintenance people.

Best regards.

Gianfranco



RE: Italian Refrigeration Units

Hi GianFranco!

Long time no see. Though I know about Frig/Hr from an Italian Compressed Air Dryer manufacturer, it is a nice information about 1 Frig = 1 kCal.

Thanks,

RE: Italian Refrigeration Units

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Gianfranco,
Mille Gracie, this helped out a lot!
Peter

RE: Italian Refrigeration Units

Peter, you're welcome.

Hi Quark, many thanks for your replay.

Gianfranco

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