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๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฉ๐—”๐—– ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€.

It is less visible than the new products and technologies presented at recent exhibitions. But strategically, I think it may be more important. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. โžก๏ธ I see two movements. The first is relatively familiar. Manufacturers are investing more in…

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๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†.

โžก๏ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜. Instead of adapting a conventional refrigerant cycle, it uses pressure-induced thermal effects in solid-state materials. Recent results are interesting not only because of the reported entropy change โ€” around 125 J/kgยทK at approximately 7.5 MPa โ€” but because lower…

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๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒอ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒอ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒอ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—”๐—™๐—” ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒอ€๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป :

โžก๏ธ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐˜‚ ๐—ฅ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ. Elle ne signifie pas que le #R32 disparaรฎt. En France, des modรจles #R32 restent dโ€™ailleurs prรฉsents dans la liste des PAC agrรฉรฉes au titre de la ยซ qualitรฉ et rรฉsilience industrielle ยป. Mais la direction du marchรฉ devient plus lisible.

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