2018/12/06 (Day 1)

Registration 8:00〜9:00

Opening Address 9:00 〜 9:10

Opening Address (1) Toshiyuki Takagi (Chairman of the board, JRAIA)
Opening Address (2) Masatoshi Omura (Executive director, KOBE Tourism Bureau)

Main Hall

KN1 Keynote Address 1 09:10 〜 09:40

Main Moderator of Technical Session:Shigeharu Taira, Daikin Industries,Ltd.

KN11 History of Kobe symposium and the latest issues of the HVAC Industries

◯ Tetsuji Okada (The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association)


TS01 Environment Issue 1 09:45 〜 11:10

Moderator: Hisao Mizuno, Mitubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd./ Hisashi Otani, Sanden Advanced Technology Corporation

TS011 The Amendment of the Ozone Layer Protection Law
Measures against Fluorinated Gases in Japan

◯ Toshio Kosuge (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

TS012 The implementation of the F-gas regulation and the HFC phase-down in Europe

◯ Mihai Scumpieru (European Partnership for Energy and the Environment : EPEE)

TS013 Update on Ecodesign and safety standards in Europe

◯ Els Baert (European Partnership for Energy and the Environment : EPEE)

TS014 AHRI Research on Flammable Refrigerants

◯ Xudong Wang (The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and. Refrigeration Institute : AHRI)

TS015 Updates on Standards development and revision in China R&AC Industry following Kigali Amendment

◯ Jingliang Chen, Huicheng Liu (China Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association : CRAA)


Poster Session Presentation 11:15 〜 11:35

Moderator: Shigeharu Taira, Daikin Industries,Ltd.


TS02 New Refrigerants (Appliance Manufacturer) 1 12:35 〜 13:45

Moderator: Shigeharu Taira, Daikin Industries,Ltd./ Koji Yamashita, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

TS021 Performance analysis of lower GWP refrigerant for air-conditioning systems using Energy flow +M

◯ Kiyoshi Saito, Keisuke Ohno (Waseda university)

TS022 Performance evaluation of VRF systems using low GWP refrigerant

Hiroichi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Baba, ◯ Yuko Hattori (TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION)

TS023 Development of Hybrid VRF using R32 refrigerant

◯ Ikeda Soshi, Nishio Jun, Ishimura Katsuhiro, Okano Hiroyuki (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)

TS024 Development of an Air-source Heat Pump Using Low-GWP Refrigerants to Heat Circulation Water

◯ Kei Akatsuka, Takachika Mori (Mitubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd.,)


TS03 New Refrigerants (Appliance Manufacturer) 2 13:55 〜 15:05

Moderator: Shigeharu Taira, Daikin Industries,Ltd./ Koji Yamashita, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

TS031 Development of condensing units using R463A

◯ Yusuke Arii, Takashi Ikeda, Hiroshi Sata, Ryo Tsukiyama (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)

TS032 Development of scroll Condensing unit using R448A refrigerant

◯ Nobuyoshi Kawase, Masaki Uno, Masahiro Nishide, Atsuhiko Yokozeki, Hideyuki Ueda (Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning,Inc.)

TS033 Update on Next Generation Low GWP Refrigerants for Chillers Products

◯ Stephen A Kujak, Kenneth J Schultz (Ingersoll Rand - Trane)

TS034 Development of Air-cooled Heat Pump Modular Chiller "HEXAGON FORCE 32" using Low GWP refrigerant HFC-32

◯ Minoru Sugimura, Kazuhisa Takemoto (DAIKIN INDUSTRIES,LTD)


TS04 Safety of Refrigerants/ Risk Assessment 1 15:15 〜 16:30

Moderator: Hiroichi Yamaguchi, Toshiba Carrier Corporation/ Masayuki Nonaka, Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning,Inc.

TS041 Safety and risk assessment of flammable refrigerants, A2L and A3

◯ Eiji Hihara (The University of Tokyo)

TS042 FLAMMABILITY EVALUATION OF LOCALIZED CLOUD OF LOWER FLAMMABILITY (2L) REFRIGERANT USING A LARGE VOLUME VESSEL
COMPARISON BETWEEN R32 AND R290

◯ Kenji Takizawa (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology : AIST)

TS043 Physical hazard assessment for natural refrigerant assuming application to the room air conditioner

◯ Tomohiko Imamura (Suwa University of Science), Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shuhei Maejima (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa), Osami Sugawa (Suwa University of Science)

TS044 The assessment of real scale physical hazard of residential use room air-conditioner using natural refrigerant

◯ Hiroumi Shiina, Akira Matsugi, Tei Saburi, Sirou Kubota (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology : AIST)


TS05 Safety of Refrigerants/ Risk Assessment 2 16:40 〜 18:00

Moderator: Hiroichi Yamaguchi, Toshiba Carrier Corporation/ Masayuki Nonaka, Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning,Inc.

TS051 Risk evaluation report of commercial packaged air conditioner for facilities using lower flammability refrigerants

◯ Masahiko NAKAMOTO, Akiyoshi YAMAMOTO, Hisao OOISHI, Syunji SASAKI, Kazuhiko KAWAI (Commercial A/C for facilities Risk Assessment SWG, JRAIA)

TS052 International safety standard revision situation for flammable refrigerants
Progress of IEC/SC61D/WG16

◯ Hitoshi Hashimoto (Refrigerants related to International Standards WG, JRAIA)

TS053 Overview: Risk Assessment of Mini-split Air Conditioners using A3 Refrigerant

◯ Kenji Takaichi, Shigeharu Taira, Atsushi Baba, Tsutomu Imoto, Syunji Itakura, Hironori Mori, Hiroaki Makino (Mini-Split Risk Assessment WG3, JRAIA)

TS054 Risk Assessment of Built-in Refrigerated Display Cabinets using A3 Refrigerant

◯ Yoshihisa Sakamoto, Toshimasa Kato, Shigeki Ishihara, Akira Kobayashi, Hidekazu Kainuma, Makoto sato, Katsuyuki Osawa, Hiroshi Nagai, Koji yamashita, Masahiko Nakagawa (Built-in refrigerated display cabinet risk assessment WG3, JRAIA)


Welcome reception 18:20 〜 20:20

   Room “Kairaku” Portopia Hotel (Main Building/ B1F)