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02.10.2017
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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01.10.2017
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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30.09.2017
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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29.09.2017
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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05.09.2017
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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04.09.2017
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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03.09.2017
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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02.09.2017
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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01.09.2017
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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06.07.2017
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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05.07.2017
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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04.07.2017
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....
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03.07.2017
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 refri...
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02.07.2017
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...
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08.06.2017
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....
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07.06.2017
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...
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06.06.2017
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,...
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05.06.2017
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...
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04.06.2017
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,...
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12.05.2017
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...
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11.05.2017
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...
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10.05.2017
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...
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09.05.2017
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...
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08.05.2017
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...