| Show New Refrigeration System Is Developed in New York A new system of refrigeration utilizes utilizes uti uti- uti- uti lizes propane a hydrocarbon gas as a refrigerant and then burns the refrigerant in a motor which operates operates operates oper oper- I ates the unit It is the invention of Dr Peter a New York engineer who describes it in a com corn communication communication to the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers published published published pub pub- in the current issue of its journal The unit is expected to solve the problem of f supplying automatic automatic auto auto- automatic matic refrigeration on trucks tra trains ns and boats where electric power is I II I not available and also to rural and tropical areas The propane is taken taken tak tak- en cn from fram the common large drum available commercially fed into a n refrigerating cycle in which it is compressed to a liquid and evaporated evaporated evaporated rated to a gas producing cold ina in ina a rapid cycle and is then drawn into the combustion chamber of a small gas motor that looks and operates operates operates op op- like a gasoline engine A unit which produces one ton of ice an hour is said to cost five cents an hour to operate |
