European Fluorocarbons Technical Committee: news
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Following repeated ammonia leaks, Indian state switches to HCFC-22 in urban areas
The Indian state of West Bengal Pollution Control Board PCB has announced that ice or cold storage plants in urban areas should switch from ammonia to HCFC 22. -
SAE International new technical standards for HFO-1234YF refrigerant
These new standards cover MAC systems using HFO-1234yf refrigerant purity and safety, components design requirements, service equipment and certification procedures for system components, service equipment and technician training.
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Energy efficiency improvements of air conditioners brings better results than replacing the HFC...
Using a Life Cycle Analysis approach, a scientific paper from the French Ecole des Mines on “Strategies for reducing the environmental impacts of room air conditioners in Europe”, analyzed various options aiming at delivering a lower “carbon footprint”.
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Manual dismantling of the CFC containing foam of recycled fridges cannot be recommended
Recent research on the manual stripping of the insulating foam of recycled refrigeration equipment concludes that the CFC 11 release is about 100 times greater with such manual stripping than when encapsulated shredders are used.
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British consultant recommending to stop using R404A
A well-known British consultant to the refrigeration industry claims that R404A should be eliminated from refrigeration applications, because it does not achieve the best energy efficiency in many applications and, with a GWP of 3,784 (note 1) is the highest of all the commonly used refrigerants, compared with R134a (GWP 1,300) and other HFC based blends.
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Proposed amendments to include HFCs in the Montreal Protocol
At the 22nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, two draft decisions on amendments to the Protocol to address HFCs were tabled by the US...
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Air conditioning reduces hospitalizations during heat waves
A recent study “The Effects of Temperature and Use of Air Conditioning on Hospitalizations” suggests that people with air conditioners at home are less likely to develop serious heat-related illnesses - including pneumonia, cardiac disease and heat stroke - during temperature spikes.
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Lessons from two CO2 blasts in UK supermarkets
Soon after the CO2 leak in a Swiss supermarket, two consecutive CO2 blasts happened in a UK supermarket chain. Hundreds of shoppers had to be evacuated from the stores, following explosions which happened when high pressure CO2 pipes ruptured.
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London Underground using HFC based air conditioners
For the first time the London Underground is equipping for the first time its new redesigned trains with HFC-based air conditioners. -
Hydrocarbons refrigerants banned in singapore
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had recently notified it refuses to accept hydrocarbons to be used to replace ODS refrigerants in air-conditioning systems, a decision made in consultation with the National Environment Agency.
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HFC refrigeration for a french Coca-Cola bottling planT
A 90 kW R407C refrigeration system was installed for a French bottling contactor to the Coca-Cola company in Furiani, Corsica. -
CO2 leak in the refrigeration system of a Swiss supermarket...
A big CO2 leak happened in the refrigerant system of a Swiss supermarket and affected around 90 customers and employees, some of whom collapsed. -
TOP European energy efficiency design competition won by HFC spray foam...
Europe's 2010 Solar Decathlon international competition, has awarded its first prize to the American Virginia Tech's LUMENHAUS. -
EPEE calls for F-Gas Regulation overhaul
In order to improve the effectiveness of the provisions of the existing F-Gas Regulation, and in the context of the current F-Gas Regulation review, EPEE has published a comprehensive Position Paper “Recommendations for improvement of the F-Gas Regulation” in which it identifies a number of issues that should be addressed to improve the Regulation and ensure further F-Gas emissions reductions.
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New refrigerant safety standards published
ASHRAE has published its 2010 Editions of Refrigerant Safety Standards. -
HFCS still represent less than 0.6 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions
The 2009 AGGI reveals that in 2009, HFCs represented 0.58 per cent of the atmospheric level of greenhouse gases.