Technical guidance

Mechanical, electrical and environmental consulting engineers, offering a full range of services, specialising in refrigeration and ancillary systems design, specification, contract administration, planning supervision and project management. Commercial and industrial refrigeration; food, process, pharmaceutical and utility industries. Chilled and cold storage, air conditioning and environmental control. Report, advisory work and turnkey design services. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling. Expert witness representation

Cool-Therm (Group) are a water chiller & chilled water specialist and air conditioning services organisation.  Alex Strong is the Technical Director.  Physics degree educated, now with over 17 years of industry experience.  He is a very capable technical engineer, commissioning technician and onsite trouble shooter as well as being technical lead and mentor for a 60+ strong team of passionate people working in our industry.

Troubleshooting and solving unusual central plant problems

Energy improvement schemes and advice – chillers & chilled water.

Second opinions on plant repairs and lifecycle costs

Dilapidation inspection reports

Chiller replacement - design, selection & project management

Data Centres, Process Chilled Water,

Office Buildings, Hotels, Universities

F-Gas Registers and Audits

TM44 Inspections Level 3&4 CIBSE Accreditation

Andrew Gigiel has more than 40 years experience of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems, heat transfer, and the control of food temperature, processes, and quality in the UK and worldwide.

His expertise is in: Thermodynamics, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps, Heat Transfer, Procedures and equipment to control temperature and minimise moisture and quality loss of food.  Food and refrigeration safety, regulation and enforcement.

Consultancy - Wide experience in the design, specification, fault analysis, energy efficiency and assessment of refrigeration processes and equipment.

Troubleshooting - Extensive experience in troubleshooting refrigeration systems and food processes, measuring and analysing performance and recommending remedies.

Legal Expert Witness reports and evidence in court - Andrew Gigiel is a listed expert witness with court experience. He has written 63 Expert Witness Reports in the past 20 years and has given evidence in court on 10 occasions. He also has experience of dispute resolution.

Design of innovative systems - Patent holder for a novel process to recover and remove high boiling point refrigerants (including water) from refrigeration and thermosyphon systems and currently developing commercial systems. An enthusiast for air-cycle and water refrigeration since 1987 he has designed and developed systems for food freezing, retail display cabinets, transportation, building air conditioning and heating and combined heating and cooling of food.

Research and Development - Andrew Gigiel has published 51 papers in internationally refereed journals, 73 papers at National and International Symposium and popular articles.

Energy audits - Assessment of existing plants to improve energy efficiency.

Modelling - Andrew Gigiel has written mathematical models, some incorporated into commercial computer applications, to predict refrigeration performance and food temperatures during processing storage and transport.

Training - Andrew Gigiel trains refrigeration engineers, energy managers and environmental health inspectors on site.

Andy is an independent Chartered Engineer, with over 30 years experience in Refrigeration and Building Services Engineering. Having previously worked for government bodies, major Contractors and private design Consultancies, Andy is able to offer the following services to the industry:-

• Site inspections and reports on refrigeration and cold storage installations, with assistance on resolving issues with incorrect or poor performing plant and unsatisfactory installations.

• Law Certificate qualified as an Expert Witness providing both single and joint services to the courts, with experience of giving evidence. A member of the Expert Witness Institute and registered with Legal Hub as an accredited qualified Expert Witness.

• Extensive design experience with ammonia, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbon and secondary refrigerant installations. Experience with commercial and industrial; food, pharmaceutical, process, data centre, chilled & cold storage and general air conditioning installations.

• Energy & carbon reduction surveys and analysis.

• Services provided throughout the UK and worldwide.

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Coolideas Ltd is owned and operated by Bob Long. Specialising in industrial and heavy commercial refrigeration for a wide range of users. Developer of slurry ice systems and thermal energy storage projects.

Owner of Eco Innovate Ltd, designer and supplier of green energy systems, heat pumps for small and large users, and supplier of energy capture and deployment equipment for use in manufacturing industries.

Technical writer for three leading green energy journals, and advisor to Gemserve/DECC on heat pump associated new technologies.

• Troubleshooting

• Technical Expert Witness

• Dispute representation and mediation

• Warranty claims

• Comfort cooling, refrigeration and process cooling

• Refrigeration Plant

• Supermarket Packs and alternatives

• Technical reports

• System design

• Cold storage

Extensive practical experience of a wide variety of refrigeration troubleshooting, development, and design, C&E marking, product technical support, marketing, and Supermarket packs.

Areas of expertise and work activities include:

• Safe handling and equipment design for hydrocarbon / flammable refrigerants
• Application of hydrocarbon refrigerants for systems
• Analytical risk assessment of systems and equipment using hydrocarbon / flammable refrigerants
• Experimental and numerical performance evaluation of systems with alternative refrigerants and components
• Direct and indirect emissions analysis and modelling of systems and operational activities
• Determination of means for emissions reduction of systems and equipment

Star Technical Solutions (STS) is the technical advisory service of Star Refrigeration Ltd. Its purpose is to provide expert, impartial and independent advice to users and owners of cooling plant and systems and to the wider refrigeration industry.

With a team of 6 full time technical staff, and access to the knowledge base of Star Refrigeration, it brings together wide ranging and expert knowledge of the refrigeration, HVAC, heat pump and insulated envelope industries.

The main resource and strength of STS lies in the unique combination of practical experience, academic qualification and proven inventiveness of its experienced staff.  Its main services are:

• Supporting customers in meeting their legal obligations, eg compliance with the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) 2000, the Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmosphere Regulations (DSEAR) 2002, the F-GAS Regulations and the CDM Coordinator role under the CDM Regulations.
• Wide ranging consultancy covering trouble shooting, expert witness work, energy surveys, performance assessments, HAZOP studies, system concept design, specification preparation, tender evaluation and prototype building / testing.
• Bespoke client training

The main areas in which STS has particular expertise include:

• ammonia refrigeration
• carbon dioxide refrigeration
• new refrigerants
• ammonia heat pumps
• pressure vessels & heat exchangers
• standards and codes
• freezing
• general troubleshooting
• lubrication
• energy conservation
• pressurised systems
• efficiency improvement
• chill & cold store insulation system design
• equipment conversion in refrigeration and a/c plant
• expert witness work

Chartered Consulting Engineers, Chartered Scientists & Expert Witness. Robust team of Associates with expertise in a range of refrigeration and food process & food retail refrigeration & food freezing & chilling & related engineering areas. 25 years relevant experience including 14 years as Director of Engineering at Safeway plc, Director at APV Freezing Thetford.

Experts in minimising life costs, in operational, energy, maintenance, and plant replacement solutions for refrigeration plant & food process systems and allied industries (chemical power, food retail etc).

Lifetime experience on Food Freezing covering spiral freezers for ready meals, meat, fish, poultry, dairy & ice cream, bakery including refrigeration plant

Absorption refrigeration systems & applications of CHP and tri-generation and integration with VCR conventional plant.

Fully conversant with current Government energy and legislation opportunities, new refrigerants.

Expert witness - authored co-authored over 30 referenced food freezing & refrigeration & energy related papers/subjects.

R&D contractors and solution developers.

Laboratory testing facilities. Accredited energy conservation Engineers opportunity identification & solution providers.

Extensive overseas working experience.

Further information at www.dougmarriottassociatesltd.blogspot.com 

Jane is a practical refrigeration engineer with over 35 years of experience in the commercial RAC industry. Initially from a refrigeration equipment manufacturing background, she set up Cool Concerns in 1991. The business has a wide customer base (end users, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers) and provides practical and cost effective solutions, it specialises in all aspects of Hydrocarbon and Carbon Dioxide systems. Jane is a past president of the Institute of Refrigeration and continues to be actively involved with its activities and on-going development.

General consultancy for commercial refrigeration in the UK and overseas including:

• Advice on refrigerant leakage reduction in line with the principles of the Real Zero project;
• Reduction of equipment running costs, for example by improving energy efficiency and reliability;
• Reduction of the environmental impact of RAC equipment;
• Advice on the safe application of hydrocarbon refrigerants, including area classification and compliance with ATEX;
• Advice on systems using carbon dioxide (R744) as a refrigerant;
• Help with standards compliance (such as EN378) and regulations (such as PER/PED);
• Preparation of technical documentation;
• Preparation of technical articles and papers;
• Preparation of specifications for equipment, installation & commissioning, service & maintenance;
• Evaluation of RAC components and systems;
• Development of management, engineering and administration teams within RAC companies;
• Expert witness work and dispute resolution;
• On-site troubleshooting with practical solutions;
• Plant commissioning and re-commissioning to optimise plant operation.

Training on all aspects of commercial refrigeration including:

• Real Zero (refrigerant leak reduction) training;
• Hydrocarbon refrigerants half day session and C&G 6187-21 training and assessment;
• The BRA Carbon Dioxide (R744) short course;
• F Gas training and assessment (C&G 2079-11,12,13 & 14);
• Five day RAC Service and Maintenance course;
• Energy efficiency training;
• BRA Brazer training and assessments.

RD&T provide technical services and specialist consultancy in the following areas:

• Design, development and testing of domestic, commercial and retail refrigeration systems
• Design and development of novel concepts and protoypes through to final optimisation and testing
• Development of novel refrigeration systems and components
• Design optimisation using advanced modelling tools
• Optimisation of temperature control and energy consumption in chilling, freezing, storage and transport operations within the food cold chain
• Optimisation of food refrigeration systems and operations

I am a Chartered Engineer with a lifetime’s experience from the refrigeration and cold storage industries. I make use of this knowledge to provide expert witness services and expert evidence reports, following site investigations where appropriate.

Experienced in the effect, monitoring and solutions in respect of “Frost Heave” associated with cold storage and blast freezer installations.

Provide site investigations and reports concerning malfunctioning plant and faulty installations.

I am a member of the Academy of Experts and trained in Adjudication. I also act as a joint single expert to the Courts.

I am therefore available to advise on matters of litigation and take part in/or offer Adjudication, Arbitration and Mediation services

I can mediate between parties to resolve technical issues and avoid the high costs of litigation.

Mike Creamer is Founder and Managing Director of Business Edge Limited, a company formed in 1990, which provides Technology Training, Technical Consultancy and specialised products to the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Industry.

Specialist areas of expertise & services include:

• Trouble-shooting and reporting on causes of plant failure
• Settlement of technical disputes, arbitration and technical consultancy
• Technical Expert Witness work including site surveys, research, technical reports, technical drawings, calculations, etc.
• Unique ClimaCheck Performance Analyser providing total evaluation of Plant cooling capacity, COP, compressor isentropic efficiency, refrigerant charge, controls functionality, running costs and reliability
• Fri3Oil Technology – Total system flushing/cleansing/recycling machine for all AC&R Plant
• Expert in all Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Process Cooling technologies
• Single/Two-Stage and Complex Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems
• VRF Systems and Water Chillers up to 3000kW/3300Volt Motor Drives
• Plant evaluation, repairs and re-commissioning
• Data Centre & Critical Cooling Application experience
• Experienced on Military and Nuclear Power Station sites (Security Clearance attained)
• Extensive Chemical Dehumidification experience including Psychrometric Engineering
• Electronic Control Systems – A/C&R Control & Protection Logic background
• Variable speed / inverter control of Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems
• Refrigerant Retrofits - technical evaluation, data acquisition & analysis services

Mike Creamer is the Author of the long running Masterclass Series (14 years) within the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration News Journal and is also Author of technical articles written for Service Engineer and ACR Today Journals. Mike has written over 145 technical articles covering Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services Technology.

Business Edge Limited has been awarded the following:

2009 ACR News Awards:

• ClimaCheck – Refrigeration Product of the Year

• Business Edge Limited – Consultant of the Year

2009 Cooling Industry Awards:

• Mike Creamer – Business Edge Limited. Highly commended Environmental Pioneer Individual – Refrigeration
• Fri3Oil System – Finalist in Field Service Innovation of the Year
• ClimaCheck – Finalist in Environmental Product of the Year – Refrigeration

Full CV and extensive Personal History available on application.

Independent, multi-award winning international refrigeration, energy and environmental consultants with over 30 years’ experience in industrial refrigeration, air conditioning and process cooling for the food and beverage manufacturing, storage and distribution, and process industries.

Stephen Gill Associates have been awarded the following:

2014 National ACR Awards – Consultant of the Year

2014 National ACR Awards – Environmental Champion

2014 ACR News Awards – Consultant of the Year

2013 HVR Awards – Consultant of the Year

Range of services offered in the UK and to multi-nationals with sites around the globe include:

Technical audits and feasibility studies, preparation of specifications and tender documents.

Project management

Plant performance and efficiency analysis; assessment of existing plants to identify areas for improving efficiency.

Heat recovery, and heat-pump applications for processing plants.

Energy audits and energy monitoring.

Ammonia Risk assessments and H&S audits/policy writing.

Preparation of Written Schemes of Examination.

Support with meeting legal obligations with the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR), the Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmosphere Regulations (DSEAR), the F-GAS Regulations and the CDM Coordinator role under the CDM Regulations.

Preparation and monitoring of maintenance schedules and analysis of plant running costs.

LinkedIn:  http://uk.linkedin.com/in/stephencgill