Industrial Refrigeration

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Refrigeration systems are critical across diverse industries, including restaurants, hospitals, manufacturing, and chemical processing. Each industry has unique requirements, demanding specialized refrigeration systems to meet their specific product needs. These systems vary in physical size and cooling capacity, but all prioritize efficient cooling and maximum uptime. To achieve this, manufacturers select the most suitable refrigerants based on various factors While ammonia is widely used for industrial refrigeration due to its efficiency it has limitations due to its toxicity and material compatibility requirements, the HFCs R-134a and R-404A have been widely used in some applications particularly for medium temperatures.

For new systems, non-flammable lower GWP HFC/HFO blends, are being used and, depending on the safety requirements, A2L refrigerants can be used, including lower GWP HFOs and HFC/HFO blends. The requirement in some applications, such as food process applications, for non-flammable lower GWP refrigerants, has resulted in the selection of HFC/HFO blend refrigerants providing and improved energy efficiency

For existing systems, lower GWP non-flammable alternatives can be used.