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THE HFC KIGALI AMENDMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 2019
After being agreed on October 15, 2016 at the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol had to be ratified by 20 parties to trigger its entry...
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R-455A REPLACING CO2 IN A GERMAN SUPERMARKET
A German supermarket has just been renovated and made the choice of an R-455A ice-water loop for its medium temperature refrigeration system.
Previously tried CO2 systems had encountered...
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HFC HEAT PUMP RECOVERS A DATA CENTER WASTE HEAT AT THE FRENCH «UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE»
A high temperature heat pump has been installed on the “Université de Bourgogne” campus in Lyon (France), in order to recover the waste heat from the University’s Data center cooling system....
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ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE 2017 THE SMALLEST SINCE 1988, BECAUSE OF WARMER AIR IN THE STRATOSPHERE
The size of the 2017 Antarctic Ozone Hole was the smallest on record since 1988, and lasted a few weeks less than the average.
It reached a maximum of 19.7 million km2 on September 11th,...
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NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG
Log-book update
Our 2014 Logbook will be completely redesigned, adding new functionalities and updated with all the new blends.
In order to fit your specific needs, EFCTC is conducting a surve...
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EFCTC joins the Parties to celebrate 30 years of the Montreal Protocol
Thirty years ago governments met in Montreal and reached agreement on the Montreal Protocol, the world’s most successful environmental treaty. At that time, the focus was on protecting the ozone lay...
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HFO BASED POLYURETHANE FOAM FOR THE INSULATION OF A NEW LONDON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
HFO-1336mzz blown polyurethane spray foam has been used for the insulation of 6,000 m2 of the Boxton Croydon Development in London, an innovative commercial park concept composed of 70 asse...
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R-410A HEAT PUMP FOR HEATING AND COOLING AN ENERGY NEUTRAL GERMAN OFFICE BUILDING
A German company active in technical building services has designed its new head office building with a very innovative energy concept, combining photo-voltaic electricity generation, solar/air absorb...
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ASERCOM COMMENTS ON ISSUES REGARDING REFRIGERANTS COMPLYING WITH THE F-GAS REGULATION
ASERCOM (Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers) has published a Statement regarding the choice of refrigerants in order to comply with the GWP upper limits of 2,500 by 2020 set...
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DEADLY AMMONIA ACCIDENT IN A CANADIAN ARENA DRAWS ATTENTION TO AMMONIA SAFETY
An ammonia accident in a British Columbia - Canada, arena took their life to three workers in charge of maintenance work.
The accident has drawn attention to the risks of ammonia in refrigeration s...
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NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG NOVEMBER 2017
Logbook Update
Our 2014 Logbook will be completely redesigned, adding new functionalities and updated with all the new blends.
In order to fit your specific needs, EFCTC is conducting a survey and i...
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2016 : HFCs CONTRIBUTE UNDER 0.9 % TO ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GASES
The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2015 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), intended to follow the evolution of the radiative forcing (ability...
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HFC BASED HEAT PUMPS PROJECT FOR AN ITALIAN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING RECEIVES AN INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A R-410A heat pump project has received an “International achievement award” for incorporating an air conditioning system for its offices and production units within a company’s internal heating...
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CHANGES TO WORKING PRACTICES WITH THE USE OF A2L REFRIGERANTS
REFCOM, the British F-gas certification body, has published a technical bulletin “WORKING WITH LOWER FLAMMABILITY REFRIGERANTS”, as a number of HFC alternatives chemicals of blends are “mildly f...
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NEW HFO BASED PERFORMANCE SOLVENTS
New performance solvents based on HFO-1233zd(E) have been proposed for the European market. These technical solvents are used for cleaning electrical components or printed circuit boards, among others...
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NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG OCTOBER 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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....