Mistral Associates - Useful Data

Established in 1984 (by whom?) Mistral is proud to be widely considered the 'generic' software system provider for the Refrigeration & Air Conditioning industry. In its domestic market, Mistral software is used by more than 85% of its Refrigeration & Air Conditioning industry. In regular use by more than 25,000 professionals and businesses, large and small, in 140 countries.

Useful and just plain fascinating RAC Engineering Facts and Data

What is the difference between temperature scales Celsius and Centigrade?
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC)
International Electricity Distribution standards. Single and three phase current and frequency.
Two letter Country ISO 3166-1 Codes
International Telephone Dialling Codes
Average human body temperature.
'Coldwind' Air Infiltration Sensible heat gain computation
No Green Wash!
Joule, Kelvin, Newton, Rankine and Watt. 'Pillars' of our industry.
A Ton of Refrigeration explained.
Food safe plastics. Key packaging safe usage symbols
Viscosity explained (simply!).
A brief description of heat energy. (printable pdf file)
CO2 Pawprints
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
A simple refrigeration system explained. (printable pdf file)
An example of how latent heat and specific heat works. (printable pdf file)
Terminology of a simple refrigeration system by Mistral Associates. (printable pdf file)
Methodology of Mistral Heat Load Calculation. (on request)
Refrigerant Phase-out Timetable.
Does colour matter?
Who can you trust?!

The information appearing in these pages has been provided freely and in good faith with the intention of helping the intended reader. No warranty or guarantee can be provided as to accuracy and no responsibility can or will be accepted by the publishers for the consequences of its use. Reproduction is accepted by the publishers providing permission is first obtained and acknowledgement of copyright is always simultaneously stated. Anyone able to Demonstrate or prove that they have suitable qualification or experience is welcome to contact Mistral Associates with advice for corrections or with recommendations for improvement (we do not guarantee that we will take any notice however!).

Mistral's commitment:
Bringing benefits of computerisation to our RAC industry - without the commonly associated problems.

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