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04.04.2017
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...
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03.04.2017
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...
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02.04.2017
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...
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01.04.2017
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...
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16.03.2017
FLORENCE ART GALLERY HEATING ANG COOLING PROVIDED BY R-410A HEAT PUMPS
A contemporary art gallery in Florence has installed 2 multi-purpose R-410A based heat pumps for the simultaneous heating and cooling of its recent building expansion.
The heat pumps deliver 416 kW...
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15.03.2017
HFO-1336MZZ TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMPS
Soon after having been proposed as a potential working fluid for high temperature heat pumps, HFO-1336mzz based heat pumps are presented by a Norwegian company, able to upgrade low temperature waste h...
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14.03.2017
US STUDY IDENTIFIES POTENTIALLY VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR SUBSTITUTING R-410A IN AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT
A detailed study of candidate chemicals able to replace R-410A in small air conditioning equipment has identified, after screening a comprehensive database of potential candidates, 27 fluids that had...
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13.03.2017
HYDROCARBON GAS CONTENT RECOGNIZED RESPONSIBLE FOR A FATAL EXPLOSION IN AUSTRALIA
Investigation of a fatal explosion that took place in 2014 in an Australian hotel and caused the death of two maintenance workers concluded that the hydrocarbon content of a refrigeration unit had bee...
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12.03.2017
NEW ON OUR WEBSITE – MARCH 2017
www.fluorocarbons.org, EFCTC website, has been thoroughly renovated.
- Factsheets have been put together and became more informative LEARN ABOUT
- Brock and Ollie VIDEO - Closing the gap. See all Br...
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07.02.2017
HFC BASED ORC MACHINES SUPPLY ELECTRICITY FROM SAWMILL WASTE
A 150 kW HFC-based ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) machine has been installed to deliver uninterruptible power to a developing country sawmill, to which the electricity supply was not reliable enough.
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06.02.2017
SERVICING R-404A MARITIME REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS WITH R-407F
A global maritime industry group has successfully tested the addition of lower GWP R-407F (GWP = 1 824) to R-404A (GWP = 3 922) refrigeration systems.
Faced to the coming phase-out (note) of R-404A,...
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05.02.2017
HFO/HFC BLEND SAVING ENERGY WHEN REPLACING R-404A IN A BRITISH SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SYSTEM
A British supermarket chain has retrofitted one of its supermarket refrigeration system with R-449A (GWP = 1 397), a blend containing R-32/R-125 /R-134a/R-1234yf / (24.3/24.7/25.7/25.3 weight %) as a replacement for R-404A (GWP =3 922). The system comprises two high temperature packs and one low temperature pack.
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04.02.2017
ADVANCED HFC-134A AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THE BRUSSELS ENGIE TOWER
Two HFC-134a high-performance turbo-compressors power the Brussels Engie Tower (previously called GDF Suez Tower) air conditioning system. They are almost 50% more efficient than conventional cooling equipment, and can also be used as a heat pump for recovering lost heat, which is then fed back into the heating circuit.
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01.12.2016
R-410A HEAT PUMP FOR HEATING A CITY OF PARIS SWIMMING POOL FROM SEWER WATER
A 80 kW R-410A water/water heat pump is the key element of a system capturing heat from sewer water to heat the water of a City of Paris swimming pool.
Sewage water, being fed by sanitary and domesti...
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30.11.2016
SPANISH SUPERMARKETS REPLACE R-507 WITH LOWER GWP R-448A
R-448A has been selected for a Spanish supermarket chain for the conversion of around 60 stores from R-507 to the lower GWP R-448A.
R-448A (blend of HFC-32/HFC-125/HFC-134a/HFO-1234yf/HFO-1234zeE, 26...
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29.11.2016
R-410A ROOFTOP UNITS AND HEAT PUMP FOR A NEW HIGHLY EFFICIENT ITALIAN SHOPPING CENTER
Sixteen R-410A air conditioning rooftop units and one R-410A heat pump will be installed in a new Italian shopping center.
The 72,000 m2 building HVAC system has been designed with a strong focus on...
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28.11.2016
NEWLY DEVELOPED CIRCUIT BREAKER MONITOR GETS US R&D AWARD
A newly developed Circuit Breaker Performance Monitor and Data Acquisition System won a R&D Award for its ability to grant access to real-time information and ultimately reduce SF6 emissions.
The...
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27.11.2016
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG DECEMBER 2016
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “Brock and Ollie - Closing the gap
SEE ALL BROCK & OLLIE VIDEOS here.
COMING SOON :FIGAROO II - F-Gas Regulation Observatory On-lineHelpful information about the...
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07.11.2016
HFCs refrigerants retained in us air conditioners and heat pumps energy efficiency standards
For the U.S. Department of Energy national energy conservation standards, proposed for commercial unitary air conditionersand heat pumps, hydrocarbons or other alternative refrigerants to HFCs were not considered as design options for improving the energy
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03.11.2016
THE KIGALI HFC AMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
The 28th Meeting of the Parties (MOP28) to the Montreal Protocol, held in Kigali, Rwanda, has adopted an amendment for a global cap and reduction for HFC consumption and production on a GWP-weighted basis.
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02.11.2016
QUEBEC AUTHORITIES INCLUDE HFCS IN AN ARENAS REFRIGERATION UPGRADE BUDGET
For the modernization of arenas refrigeration systems still using HCFC-22 (and a few CFC-12) in Quebec (Canada), the "Ministère de lÉducation, du Loisir et du Sport » (MELS) has decided to subsidize projects based on ammonia, CO2 or new fluorocarbons refrigerant blends with a GWP lower than 700.
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01.11.2016
R-410A CHILLERS FOR THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT PIER A-PLUS
R-410A VRF chillers have been installed for the comfort cooling of the customer area in the recent Frankfurt Airport Pier-A Plus.
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31.10.2016
OZONE HOLE 2016 BACK TO NORMAL
The 2016 Antarctic Ozone Hole size reached 23 million km2, 5 million km2 smaller than the record 2015 hole, whose larger size was due to colder-than-average temperatures in the stratosphere, while warmer temperatures were encountered this year.
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30.10.2016
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG NOVEMBER 2016
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO Brock and Ollie - Closing the gap
LOG-BOOK : UPDATED LOG-BOOK DOWNLOAD ON OUR SITE
NEW LINKS ADDEDScientific & Industrial OrganisationsAFEAS (Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study)