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TC/TG/MTG/TRG MINUTES COVER SHEET

(Minutes of all Meetings are to be distributed to all persons listed below within 60 days following the meeting.)

TC/TG/MTG/TRG No. TC. 8.9 DATE February 16, 2016

TC/TG/MTG/TRG TITLE Residential Refrigerators and Food Freezers

DATE OF MEETING January 25, 2016 LOCATION Orlando, FL

MEMBERS
PRESENT / YEAR
APPTD / MEMBERS
ABSENT / YEAR
APPTD / EX-OFFICIO
MEMBERS AND
ADDITIONAL
ATTENDANCE
John Dieckmann / 2014 / Patti Conlan / 2012 / Yi Qu
John Sabelli / 2014 / Reinhard Radermacher / 2013 / Andrew Haulotte
Amy Shifflett / 2014 / Jeff Salisbury
George Yaeger / 2015 / Dustin Meredith
Michael Pate / 2014 / Jeremy Tait
Detlef Westphalen

DISTRIBUTION

All Members of TC/TG/MTG/TRG plus the following:
TAC Section Head: / Dustin Meredith
TAC Chair: / Dr. Thomas Lawrence
All Committee Liaisons As Shown On TC/TG/MTG/TRG Rosters:
Research liaison / Christopher Wilkins
Manager Of Standards
Manager Of Research & Technical Services / Stephanie Reiniche
Mike Vaughn


ASHRAE TC 8.9 Residential Refrigerators and Food Freezers

Minutes of Meeting held Monday January 25, 2016 in Orlando, FL

1. Welcome and Introductions

The meeting convened at 2:19 p.m. Five of the current voting members were present (Dieckmann, Shifflett, Pate, Sabelli, and Yaeger). All of those present introduced themselves.

2. Minutes

The minutes for the Atlanta meeting were reviewed. Dieckmann made a motion to approve. Pate seconded. The Chicago meeting minutes were approved by 3 voting members, with 2 abstentions.

3. Chairman’s Report


The Chairman, Michael Pate, passed out copies of “Announcements and Reminders for TC/TG/TRG & MTG Chairs”, which he received at the Chairman’s Breakfast. A few highlights from these announcements:

·  No one was submitted for service to ASHRAE awards. Michael reminded everyone to nominate worthy candidates.

·  Our former section head Steve Duda won the Hightower Award.

·  Four new MTG (Multidisciplinary Task Groups) have been formed if anyone is interested in joining one.

·  The chair’s training at Orlando was on Sunday and the RAC meeting was Monday morning.

·  Roster updates are due at the end of this meeting.

·  Michael talked about RPM (Remote Participation Meetings). This concept helps people attend ASHRAE meetings they otherwise would be unable to. These need to be approved by ASHRAE.

·  A request was made to review ASHRAE ethics.

·  A welcome was extended to new members and visitors.

·  Michael reminded us that the TC’s website needs to be up to date.

·  A master calendar is available through google.

·  RAC is focusing on residential sector, which is a positive for our TC.

·  The professional development committee is looking for ideas for classes.

·  Upcoming ASHRAE sponsored conferences were announced, including Clima 2016, the 2016 ASHRAE annual meeting, and 2016 Purdue Conferences.

4. Membership Roster and Officers effective July 1, 2015

Voting members

Member Year term ends

George Yaeger 2019

Amy Shifflett 2016

Patti Conlan 2016

Reinhard Radermacher 2017

John Sabelli 2018

Michael Pate 2016

Ed Vineyard (non-quorum voting) 2018

John Dieckmann 2016

Committee Officers

Chair Michael Pate

Vice-chair Detlef Westphalen

Secretary Amy Shifflett

Program Subcommittee Chair Michael Pate

Handbook Subcommittee Chair Detlef Westphalen

Research Subcommittee Chair John Dieckmann

Standards Subcommittee Chair David Yashar

Webmaster John Dieckmann

The committee officers effective July 1, 2016 were decided at this meeting. Amy Shifflett will become Chair. Detlef Westphalen will continue to be Vice-chair. Secretary will be assumed by Jeff Salisbury. Program Subcommittee Chair will continue to be Michael Pate. Handbook Subcommittee Chair will continue to be Detlef Westphalen. Research Subcommittee Chair will continue to be John Dieckmann. Standards Subcommittee Chair will continue to be David Yashar and Webmaster will continue to be John Dieckmann.

5. Section Head Report

Dustin Meredith introduced himself as the new Section 8 head. He confirmed that we did have quorum at the meeting, despite our non-quorum voting member not attending. He suggested that anyone who wants to be a corresponding member of a TC to visit www.ashrae.org/joinatc to apply. The section head e-mail address is still . As an update on the Best Section 8 TC award, Dustin said this award still has not been given yet, but that it will be given out soon.

6. Program Subcommittee Report

Michael Pate delivered the Program Subcommittee report. Reviewers are needed for programs. 14 speakers did receive warnings regarding their performance. A new addition is that speakers now need to fill out a form, disclosing their biases. We had no programs at Orlando. Abstracts for the Las Vegas meeting are due March 14. Papers are due July 6. Seminars, forums, or workshops are due February 8. There is still time to meet these deadlines. There is also the option of doing a seminar during our TC meeting if we wish to go that route. We did not come up with any ideas at this meeting.

7. Research Liaison Report

No report was given.

8. Research Subcommittee Report

John Dieckmann provided the report. He announced that no RTAR’s will be reviewed at the RAC spring meeting.

At the Atlanta meeting, we discussed the variable speed compressor idea and a way to express performance to designers. It was suggested by David that we reach out to TC 8.1 since they are the compressor TC. Detlef reached out and they weren’t doing a lot on this topic. Detlef also talked to AHRI. They are working on a standard for variable speed and modulating compressors. The focus will be on air conditioning and commercial refrigeration. It will publish late this year. Detlef will talk to them about how residential refrigeration fits in to see if we want to move that aspect into an RTAR.

Ken Jang is going to look into an RTAR with John on problems with refrigerator gaskets and why it is important. Ken was not in attendance, so John will contact him.

At the Atlanta meeting, new research was proposed to look at thermo-electric refrigerators. Some ideas to consider are the best applications for these, cost vs. efficiency, etc. Yi Qu had the idea and it was asked for her to write the info down, perhaps in RTAR format, so we can see what’s necessary. She has not finished writing up the RTAR.

George asked if a study has been done on condenser coils and how the dust on them effects energy efficiency. George will do a literature search. George also brought up service issues that could become RTARs, such as icemakers and door seals.

John suggested that any potential RTAR’s should be given to him by mid-March.

9. Handbook Subcommittee Report

Detlef Westphalen reported that the Committee’s Handbook Chapter was published in the 2014 ASHRAE Handbook-Refrigeration. It was suggested that our next efforts to update the chapter include linear compressors, thermos electric refrigerators, and alternative refrigerants and that we appeal to the manufacturers to make the chapter more relevant for them. Detlef suggested we begin our revision efforts for the chapter in January 2016. John will read through the chapter to see if any ideas come up. Detlef will enlist others to help, such as Yi, Troy, etc. and find out if manufacturers would be willing to help.

10. Standards Subcommittee Report

TC is not responsible for any standards.

11. Web Site Review

John Dieckmann, the TC 8.9 Webmaster, reported on the TC 8.9 website. John needs to update the website.

12. New Business

No new business

13. Next Meeting

The next meeting of TC 8.9 was set for Monday, June 27, 2016 from 2:15 – 4:15 p.m. in St. Louis, MO. Please view the ASHRAE schedule for the room assignment.

14. Adjournment

John Dieckmann moved to adjourn the meeting. Amy Shifflett seconded. Motion passes 4-0-1 and the meeting was adjourned at 4:15pm.

Submitted By: Amy Shifflett