AN UPDATE ON FLUOROCARBONS
Representing the European Fluorocarbons Manufacturers
NEWSLETTER #190 - OCTOBER 2021
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UNDERSTANDING DIRECT GWPS AND INDIRECT EFFECTS FOR HYDROCARBON AND FLUOROCARBON REFRIGERANTS
Recently there has been considerable focus on the potential breakdown products of HFCs and HFOs and if they have indirect GWPs. The IPPC AR6 Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis [1] includes GWPs for hydrocarbons, but what, if any, are the indirect effects for hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon refrigerants? Some indirect effects…
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ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP OCTOBER 2021
In this round-up: The United States to learn from EU illegal trade; UK Company fined over £1 million (about €1.2 million) for breaches of the F-gas Regulation; German Chemical Act Amendment to further curb illegal trade in HFCs; Australian authorities seize refrigeration equipment worth more than A$200,000. More information about illegal…
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CONTRIBUTION OF HFO-1234ze, HFO-1336mzz AND HCFO-1233zd TO TFA CONCENTRATION IN EUROPEAN RAINWATER EXTREMELY SMALL
The EFCTC position paper Published evidence supports very low yield of TFA from most HFOs and HCFOs [1] concluded that the very low yields of TFA from HFO-1234ze, HFO-1336mzz and HCFO-1233zd mean that their expected contribution to TFA in the environment is extremely small. The UBA report [2] acknowledges that…
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HYDROGEN FLUORIDE (HF) EMISSIONS FROM DEGRADATION OF FLUOROCARBON REFRIGERANTS
The recent UBA report [1] estimates the hydrogen fluoride (HF) emissions to air at about 20,000 tonnes/year from 2030 to 2050 due to degradation of HCFCs, HFCs, HFOs and HCFOs emissions from the EU based on its scenario of maximum future use and emissions of halogenated substitutes. However, the UBA report provides no…
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MEASURES ANNOUNCED TO REDUCE GLOBAL HFC-23 EMISSIONS
The Kigali Amendment required that from 2020, HFC-23 is to be destroyed to the extent practicable using technology approved under the Montreal Protocol. The Ozone Secretariat to the Montreal Protocol, in 2020, explained its interpretation of this requirement may apply to either “destruction” (i.e., destroy to the extent practicable), or to the…
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NEW ON OUR SITE/LINKS/LIBRARY
Documents and webpages updated to include AR6 GWPs
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COMING EVENTS 2021/2022
All events may be subject to change due to the coronavirus outbreak, some have become online events 2021 OCTOBER 24-29, 2021 – UNEP –33rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 32 & MOP33) – Online meeting. https://ozone.unep.org/meetings OCTOBER…
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