News - Fluorocarbons

05 September 2017 News

R-452A SELECTED BY A GERMAN CLIMATE CHAMBER MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE R-404A

Searching for an economical and safe alternative for R-404A (GWP = 3,922), a German climate chambers manufacturers has selected, after an extensive testing, R-452A (GWP = 2,140), a blend of HFC-32/HFC...

04 September 2017 News

HFC-134A CHILLERS SERVICING A BRITISH UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND HOSPITAL COOLING NETWORK

10 MW of cooling duty have been added to the British Leeds Generating Station Complex (GSC) district cooling network servicing the University of Leeds campus and Leeds General Infirmary hospital. F...

03 September 2017 News

MONTREAL PROTOCOL EFFECT ON GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONSS REDUCTION SHOWN TO EQUAL HALF OF US GHG GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION

Quantifying the impact of the Montreal Protocol on U.S. GHG (greenhouse gases) emissions with atmospheric observations, a new study has shown that, in terms of CO2-equivalent emissions, the emissions...

02 September 2017 News

PROPANE EXPLOSION IN A GERMAN REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE

An explosion occurred during maintenance works in a German refrigerated warehouse refrigeration unit using propane as a refrigerant, during which the refrigeration unit was being emptied and purged wi...

01 September 2017 News

NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG SEPTEMBER 2017

NEW VIDEO "Refrigerant Gases Explained" ANOTHER NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The F-Gas Regulation and the Kigali Amendment ”This new Brock & Ollie video explains the Kigali Amendment...

06 July 2017 News

HFO-1233zd(E) BLOWN INSULATING FOAM SELECTED BY THE DUTCH WORLDS SHIPPING CONTAINERS MARKET LEADER FOR ALL ITS NEW REEFERS

After trials with HFO-1233zd(E) as polyurethane insulating foam blowing agent had shown an improved insulation performance and a lower climate impact, thanks to HFO-1233zd(E) GWP of 1, a Dutch shippin...

05 July 2017 News

BRITISH BREWERY AFTER A FATAL AMMONIA ACCIDENT GETS AN HSE IMPROVEMENT NOTICE

A British Brewery has been issued with an Improvement Notice by the British Health and Safety Executive following a serious ammonia accident. The Improvement Notice issued against the company relates...

04 July 2017 News

HFC BASED CHILLERS FOR A NORWEGIAN BERGEN RAILWAY STATION OFFICES AIR CONDITIONING

For the air conditioning of the new Bergen (Norway) railway station offices, HFC-134a large size chillers and R-410A medium size chillers have been installed to deliver a cooling capacity of 1,200 kW....

03 July 2017 News

HFO-1234ZE(E)/CO2 CASCADE SELECTED FOR THE RETROFIT OF A CZECH HYPERMARKET

HFO-1234ze(E) and CO2 in a cascade configuration have been selected for the retrofit of a R-404A based system in a major Czech hypermarket. The customer requirements were a low GWP refrigerant, mil...

02 July 2017 News

NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG JULY – AUGUST 2017

WELCOME TO www.fluorocarbons.org OUR NEW WEBSITE, where you will find all relevant fluorocarbon information easily We offer a "Learn About" section which includes : "Climate change, Global warm...

08 June 2017 News

NOTIFICATION BY MEMBER STATES OF PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO INFRINGEMENTS OF THE F-GAS REGULATION : EIGHT STILL MISSING

In line with Article 25 of the EU F-Gas regulation no 517 (2014), the EU Commission has made public Member States notifications on national penalties applicable to infringements of the Regulation....

07 June 2017 News

LARGE BRITISH SUPERMARKET CHAIN CONVERTING 1200 STORES REFRIGERATION TO LOWER GWP R-448A

A large British supermarket chain has selected R-448A for the conversion of the presently used R-404A commercial refrigeration systems of more than 1,200 of its stores across the UK. R-448A (blend...

06 June 2017 News

GREENFACTS PUBLICATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF OZONE LAYER DEPLETION, ITS IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Greenfacts, a non-profit project with an independent Scientific Board and a non-advocacy policy, has recently published online “The evolution of ozone layer depletion, its impact on climate change,...

05 June 2017 News

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FETA PUBLISHES GUIDANCE NOTE ON A2L (MILDLY FLAMMABLE) REFRIGERANTS

The British FETA (Federation of Environmental Trade Associations) has published a guidance document on A2L (mildly flammable) refrigerants, used in Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps . As...

04 June 2017 News

NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG JUNE 2017

Welcome to www.fluorocarbons.org our new website, where you will find all relevant fluorocarbon information easily. We offer a "Learn About" section which includes : "Climate change, Global warming,...

12 May 2017 News

FRENCH REPORT ON REFRIGERANTS LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS

The French ADEME has released an in-depth study on installed fluorocarbons refrigerants leak detection systems (Etude sur les moyens de detection de fuite des installations de refrigeration de climati...

11 May 2017 News

R-452B SELECTED FOR A NEW LINE OF AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT FOR THE US MARKET

A new line of R-452B unitary air conditioning units has been introduced to the US market. R-452B, a blend of HFC-32, HFC-125 and HFO-1234yf (67/7/26 weight %), having a GWP of 698, is a lower GWP a...

10 May 2017 News

HYBRID VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW AIR CONDITIONERS REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF REQUIRED R-410A

Hybrid Variable Refrigerant Flow (HVRF) air conditioners are a recent new development in the field of building air conditioning, reducing by 40 % the quantity of R-410A in the system and delivering a...

09 May 2017 News

HELSINKI HFC-134A BASED DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING PLANT GETS SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION

The Helsinki HFC-134a based District Heating and Cooling system has been expanded to become fully integrated by the addition of two new heat pumps delivering together 15 MW of cooling and 22 MW of hea...

08 May 2017 News

New on Fluorocarbons.org – May 2017

Welcome to www.fluorocarbons.org our new website, where you will find all relevant fluorocarbon information easily. We offer a "Learn About" section which includes : "Climate change, Global war...

04 April 2017 News

R-410A HEAT PUMPS FOR A DANISH LOW ENERGY HOUSES PROJECT

R-410A heat pumps have been installed to supply heating and hot water for a Danish project of 75 houses, designed to be low energy and carbon neutral. Houses were constructed in 5 clusters of 15 hous...

03 April 2017 News

HFO-1234ZE HEAT PUMPS RECOVER DATA CENTER WASTE HEAT TO SUPPLY A LARGE FINNISH DISTRICT HEATING NETWORK

Two HFO-1234ze innovative and energy efficient heat pumps have been installed in Kikkonummi, Finland, to recover waste heat from a Ericsson’s data center to supply one of the largest Finnish distric...

02 April 2017 News

R-448A REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS PREFERED TO CO2 FOR AN AMERICAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN

A R-448A commercial refrigeration system was chosen by an American supermarket chain for one of its new large supermarket. R-448A has a moderate GWP of 1,386 and is nonflammable. With more that 50...

01 April 2017 News

NEW LOW GWP HFOs AND HFCs REFRIGERANT BLENDS DEVELOPED AS SUBSTITUTES TO HIGH GWP HFCs

Research continues to develop solutions to replace high GWP HFC refrigerants, mainly R-404A (GWP 3,922 – Note 1), R-410A (GWP 2,088) and HFC-134a (GWP 1,430), under the F-Gas Regulation provisions r...