Invention and Engineering
The Institut International du Froid (IIF), French for the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), is an independent intergovernmental science and technology-based organisation that promotes knowledge of refrigeration and associated technologies and applications on a global scale that improve quality of life in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner. Areas of focus include: Food quality and safety from farm to consumer Comfort in homes and commercial buildings Health products and services Low temperature technology and liquefied gas technology Energy efficiency Use of non-ozone-depleting and low global warming refrigerants in a safe manner. Its scientific and technical activities are coordinated by ten commissions, which are divided into five distinct sections.
China Railways JF7.
Jagadish Chandra Bose.
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