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21 March 2024 News
Ozone Secretariat launches App to track and review avoided ODS and HFC emissions
The CO2e app aims to raise awareness and enhance understanding of the contributions of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and its Kigali Amendment to climate change mitig...
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21 March 2024 News
R-32 Chillers used for high-efficiency cooling and heating for world’s largest vertical farm
Air-cooled scroll chillers operating on lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant R-32 are providing high-efficiency cooling and heating for the world’s largest vertical farm in the UK. The v...
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21 March 2024 News
New heat pumps using R-32 or R-454B for the European Market
New heat pumps have become available on the market that use low GWP R-32 or R-454B and offer improved heating and cooling efficiency for a wide range of commercial applications, such as office buildin...
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21 March 2024 News
Illegal Trade Round-up
In this round-up: New measures in revised F-gas Regulation 2024/573 together with the EU Single Window Environment for Customs will help combat illegal trade. In addition to seizures at EU borders,...
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21 March 2024 News
Developments gather pace for the use of HFC-152a and HFO-1234ze(E) in MDIs
HFC-152a and HFO-1234ze(E) have been identified as low GWP alternatives for HFC-134a and HFC-227ea propellants in pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs). These new propellants for pMDIs are under d...
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13 February 2024 News
Reaction of HO2 radical with trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF3CHO) in the atmosphere
Trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF3CHO) is an intermediate degradation product for some HFOs and HCFOs (not HFO-1234yf) produced by their reaction with hydroxyl radical (OH). Long et. al. report investigation...
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13 February 2024 News
Potential emissions of HFC-23 due to reaction of ozone with HFOs/HCFOs
The potential emissions of HFC-23 due to reaction of ozone (ozonolysis) with HFOs/HCFOs reported by McGillen et. al. are extremely small and have not materially contributed to the increase in atmosph...
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13 February 2024 News
Reaction of Ozone with HFOs and HCFOs
The presence of an olefinic bond (C=C bond) in HFOs and HCFOs results in their relatively rapid reaction with hydroxyl (OH) radicals present in the atmosphere, leading to short atmospheric lifetimes m...
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13 February 2024 News
Update on the atmospheric degradation of HFOs and HCFOs
Update on the atmospheric degradation of HFOs and HCFOs
Three recent academic papers have further enhanced our understanding of the atmospheric degradation of HFOs and HCFOs.
Reaction of Ozone w...
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20 November 2023 News
UPCOMING EVENTS
DECEMBER 6-8, 2023 – DDL 2023, Drug Delivery to the Lungs – Edinburgh, UK
Previewing DDL 2023 (oindpnews.com)
JANUARY 20-24, 2024 – ASHRAE winter conference and AHR Expo 2024 – Chicago,...
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20 November 2023 News
New study expands understanding of CF3H formation from HFCs and HFOs/HCFOs
Most HFOs and HCFOs decompose in the troposphere via an intermediate product which then breaks down further. Experimental work, published in 2022, demonstrated that CF3H (HFC-23) is not formed during...
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20 November 2023 News
HFC based chiller and heat pump systems installed for innovative modular hospital ward
HFC based chillers and heat pumps were installed at a hospital’s new modular ward in the UK, a facility that will help shape construction of future National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the UK....
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20 November 2023 News
Annual inventory of refrigerant emissions for France métropole reports decreasing HFC emissions
The Alliance Froid Climatisation Environnement (AFCE) has published the 2021 annual inventory of refrigerant emissions for France, commissioned from Citepa, with results for 2022 being a provisional e...
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20 November 2023 News
Low GWP F-gases now 50% of the total HFC/HFO/HCFO supply
The adoption of low GWP F-gases, particularly for refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps, due to the HFC phase down, has resulted in HFC-32 and HFOs/HCFOs now contributing about 50% to the tot...
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20 November 2023 News
Study shows very minor transport of TFA via seasalt aerosol from the oceans to land
EFCTC commissioned a study “Assessment of Possible Transport of Trifluoroacetic Acid from the Oceans to the Atmosphere” by Professor Simon L Clegg, University of East Anglia, to understand if sign...
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20 November 2023 News
Modelling study of TFA deposition and transport in Rhine River basin
This modelling study, conducted by Ramboll, assessed the fate and transport of Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA) in the freshwater aquatic environment resulting from the emission and atmospheric degradation...
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20 October 2023 News
R-454C freezer system preferred to system using CO2 as refrigerant
According to the Cooling Post, an airline caterer in Germany has selected a freezer system using R-454C (GWP 148, A2L refrigerant) in preference to one using CO2 as refrigerant due to the following ...
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18 October 2023 News
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER 21, 2023 – World Cold Chain Symposium – Nairobi, Kenya
United Nations and Industry Team to Announce 2023 World Cold Chain Symposium (einpresswire.com)
OCTOBER 23-27, 2023 – UNEP ...
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18 October 2023 News
UK nationwide pMDI recycling scheme launched
A UK waste management company has launched the UK’s first proven nationwide inhaler return and recycling scheme for pMDIs – a move expected to deliver significant carbon savings for the NHS in the...
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18 October 2023 News
Submissions to the PFAS consultation in support of F-gases
The September newsletter reported details of the EFCTC comprehensive response to the PFAS restriction proposal and submissions and positions by German industry groups (exemptions for F-gases required...
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18 October 2023 News
Advanced refrigeration and heat recovery system uses F-gases for UK world class ice centre
The refrigeration system for the new ice centre in London uses an advanced heat recovery system to harness waste heat to provide supplementary heating for the building as the energy source for the sno...
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18 October 2023 News
High capacity compressors using F-gases designed for comfort cooling, extreme ambient climates and data centres
New oil free compressors using F-gas refrigerants offer high-capacity energy-efficient solutions for comfort cooling, intensive ambient environments, and data centre applications. The compressors are...
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18 October 2023 News
Provisional agreement for F-gas Regulation raises some concerns with improvements also acknowledged
The announcement that the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached agreement in the 4th trilogue meeting has generated a wide range of positive and negative comments, i...
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15 September 2023 News
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 – AFCE Symposium – Courbevoie, France
Revision of F-Gas, REPower-EU... Busy program at the AFCE symposium (genieclimatique.fr)
SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2023 – European Heat Pump...
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