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30 October 2015 News
“F-GAS SOLUTIONS”, AN APPLICATION HELPING TO IMPLEMENT THE F-GAS REGULATION, RECEIVES A BRITISH INDUSTRY AWARD
A French application, designed to help F-Gas users to implement the F-Gas Regulation 517/2014, won the 2015 Cooling Industry Award “Refrigeration Product of the Year – Component or accessories”.
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29 October 2015 News
HFC-134A CHILLERS REPLACING HCFC-22 UNITS FOR A BRITISH HOSPITAL
Four HFC-134a chillers totaling 1.4 MW were installed in a British hospital to replace an outdated HCFC-22 screw compressors installation.
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28 October 2015 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG NOVEMBER 2015
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROO : F-Gas Regulation Observatory On lineThe updated Figaroo section will be available soon.
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EFCTC Position Paper:Â European HFC Producers support action under the Montreal Protocol for a consumption cap and reduction of HFCs.
EFCTC Fact-sheet:Radiative Forcing of Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases
NEW LINKS ADDEDOfficial Organisations - International Organisations - Information SourcesUNEP HFC MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS - Updated Technical Fact Sheets
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05 October 2015 News
HFC-245FA OR HFO-1234ZE(E) IN AN ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE FOR ENERGY RECOVERY FROM GALVANIZING STEEL LINES
HFC-245fa and HFO-1234zeE have been selected in a research project for applying Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology to recovering heat in a galvanizing steel cooling system.
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04 October 2015 News
SUCCES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF CFCS BY HFCS IN PHARMACEUTICAL AEROSOLS
Since the start of the Montreal Protocol, the use of CFCs for Metered dose inhalers (MDIs) for the treatment of respiratory illnesses, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), has dropped from a 1997 peak of around 10,000 tonnes to about 300 tonnes in 2013.
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03 October 2015 News
ANOTHER BLEND FOR REPLACING R-410A
In addition to already investigated blends in the search for a lower GWP alternative to R-410A (GWP = 2,088) in air conditioning systems, such as blends of around 72 % HFC-32 and 28 % of HFO-1234yf or HFO-1234zeE, another blend has now been proposed, composed of HFC-32/HFC-125/HFO-1234yf (67 / 7 / 26 % weight), with a GWP of 698 (using the F-Gas Regulation GWP rules).
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02 October 2015 News
PRESTIGIOUS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARD FOR A HFC-134A MARINE HEAT PUMP FOR AN 18TH CENTURY MANSION
A leading National Trust property - the TrustÂ’s largest oil consumer - has won the 2015 Renewable Energy Project of the Year for a 300 kW marine source heat pump project using HFC-134a.
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01 October 2015 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG OCTOBER 2015
EPEE Video : The EU F-Gas Phasedown
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROO
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08 September 2015 News
HFO 1234ZE(E) BASED CHILLER FOR AN INNOVATIVE DISTRICT HEATING PROJECT
Two HFO-1234zeE chillers will be installed for a new innovative district heating development project in Switzerland, with a total heating capacity of 2.5 MW.
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07 September 2015 News
CFCS AND HCS MUST BE JOINTLY RECOVERED TO MINIMIZE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT FROM THE DISMANTLING OF 25 MILLIONS REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES
The German “RAL Quality Assurance Association for the Demanufacture of Refrigeration Equipment” considers essential to recover jointly CFCs and HCs (hydrocarbons) from dismantled refrigeration appliances, in order to minimize the carbon footprint from these refrigeration appliances.
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06 September 2015 News
HFOS AS HCFCS SUBSTITUTES DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS RECEIVE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL MULTILATERAL FUND
At its 74th session, the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund Executive Committee agreed to fund several demonstration projects in developing countries (Art. 5 of the Montreal Protocol).
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05 September 2015 News
US WHITE HOUSE RECOGNIZES HFO AS POLYURETHANE SPRAY FOAM INSULATION BLOWING AGENT FOR ITS LOWER CLIMATE IMPACT
An American Polyurethane spray foam insulation producer has been hailed by the White House for its commitment to use low GWP HFO-1234zeE as the blowing agent for its entire production line by 2016, as part of the US Climate action Plan.
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04 September 2015 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG SEPTEMBER 2015
Updated versions of - Factsheet no 17 : The contribution of HFCs to European Greenhouse Gas Emissions- Factsheet no 18 : Selecting and Using GWP values for Refrigerants
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02 July 2015 News
JAPAN PLACES HFOs OUTSIDE THE FLUOCARBONS EMISSIONS CONTROL LEGISLATION
Japanese authorities have decided that HFOs 1234yf, 1234zeE and 1233zdE should not be subject to the fluorocarbons emissions control legislation, which strictly regulates their use, recovery and destruction.
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01 July 2015 News
NEW LINE OF HFC BASED HEAT PUMPS BRINGS SIGNIFICANT ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
A new line of HFC based air-water heat pumps has been introduced, providing high level performance ratings, a SCOP value of up to 3.38 and a ESEER (European Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) in cooling up to 4.28.
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30 June 2015 News
REPLACEMENT OF R-404A BY A MORE EFFICIENT HFC-HFO BLEND FOR AN ITALIAN SUPERMARKET
An Italian supermarket has replaced the medium-temperature refrigerant R-404A (GWP = 3,922) of a R-404A/CO2 cascade refrigeration system by the lower GWP refrigerant blend R-449A (GWP = 1,397) – composition HFC-32 /HFC-125 /HFO-1234yf /HFC-134a, 24.3/24.7/25.3/25.7 % by weight.
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29 June 2015 News
HFO-1234ZE BLOWING AGENT FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE XPS (EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE) AND PUR (POLYURETHANE) INSULATING FOAMS
HFO-1234zeE as blowing agent has been shown to bring an excellent thermal conductivity to XPS (extruded polystyrene) insulating panels, 20-25 % lower compared to CO2 blown foam.
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28 June 2015 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG JULY AUGUST 2015
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROO
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02 June 2015 News
HFCS STILL CONTRIBUTE LESS THAN 0.8 % TO ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GASES
The US NOAA has released its 2014 update of the AGGI, intended to follow the evolution of the radiative forcing of greenhouse gases.
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01 June 2015 News
FLUOROCARBON BLENDS GIVE THE LOWEST LCCP AS R410A REPLACEMENT
Comparing lower GWP alternatives for a 10 kW R-410A Heat pump, a study carried on by the IIR Working Group on LCCP Evaluation concluded that blends of HFC-32 with HFOs had a lower LCCP than HFC-32 or propane R-290.
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30 May 2015 News
FIRST R 134A/CO2 CASCADE REFRIGERATION FOR A FRENCH ICE RINK
The Alpe dÂ’Huez ice rink has recently been completely renovated, and the former HCFC-22 refrigeration system replaced by a cascade system HFC-134a/CO2.
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29 May 2015 News
HFO BLOWN POLYURETHANE FOAM DELIVERS BREAKTHROUGH INSULATION PERFORMANCE FOR COLD STORAGE ROOMS
A new concept for polyurethane foams discontinuous panels, which are used for cold storage insulation, has been validated with the use of HFO-1233zd as blowing agent, and implemented for industrial production.
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25 May 2015 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG JUNE 2015
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROOFollowing the entry into force of the F-Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, an updated Figaroo section will be available soon;
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04 May 2015 News
DANISH EPA ISSUES DETAILED REPORT ON FLUOROCARBONS
In its recent report “Survey of selected fluorinated greenhouse gases”, the Danish Environment Protection Agency 2015 takes into account the qualities of HFCs, mentioning that “Generally F-gases are gases or volatile liquids at room temperature, thermal and chemical stable, with very low toxicity and with favourable environmental profile apart from their global warming potential”.
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