ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP OCTOBER 2019
In this round-up, a summary of EFCTC actions and initiatives, seizures of illegal HFCs and disposables and new UK guidance on refillable containers. EFCTC activ...
Read moreHFO-1234yf HEAT PUMP FOR ELECTRIC CARS EXTENDS RANGE BY UP TO 20%
Almost 100% of new passenger cars sold in the EU use HFO-1234yf as refrigerant to provide air-conditioning. For electric vehicles, there is no combustion engine...
Read moreTRANSPORT REFRIGERATION RECENT DEVELOPMENTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Transport refrigeration in the EU has already implemented measures to reduce refrigerant emissions, through the use of R-513A and R-452A as lower GWP replacemen...
Read moreIN BRIEF 2019 OZONE HOLE
Chemical reactions in the stratosphere involving chlorine and bromine from ozone depleting substances cause ozone in the southern polar region to be destroyed....
Read moreILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP September 2019
The efforts by industry groups, compliance officials and NGOs are ensuring the scale and urgency of illegal trade in HFCs is now widely recognised and there is...
Read moreR-410A STILL HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY DURING HFC PHASE-DOWN
While R-32 is replacing R-410A in a range of air-conditioning and heat pump applications, R-410A still has an important role to play during the F-Gas phase-down...
Read moreRECLAIMED R-410A USED IN NEW AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Equipment manufacturer saves, in one year, 154 tonnes of R-410A by using recovered R-410A from operating installations, reclaiming it to the same quality as vir...
Read moreIN BRIEF: DIRECT AND INDIRECT GWPS FOR VERY LOW GWP SUBSTANCES
In simple terms, direct GWPs are the warming effect of emitting 1 kg of a substance compared to 1 kg of CO2 over a specific time period usually 100 years. Subst...
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