AN UPDATE ON FLUOROCARBONS AND SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE

Representing the European Fluorocarbons and Sulphur Hexafluoride Manufacturers
NEWSLETTER #146 - APRIL 2017

 
 
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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 houses sharing a single 24 kW air/water heat pump, able to maintain their heating capacity down to -15 C.

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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 district heating networks.

The data center generates between 10,000 to 15,000 MWh waste heat annually, and heat pumps with a capacity of up to 26,500…

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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 percent of the floor space dedicated to fresh food, the medium temperature system has been shown to deliver…

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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 regarding HFC phase-down and equipment use restrictions, and recently under the Kigali Amendment to the…

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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, & HFCs"
“Environment and Breakdown Products”
“The Ozone Layer and Ozone Depleting”
“Safety, Proper and Use of Fluorocarbons”.

The site also provides summary information as infographics, a new
Figaroo F-Gas Regulation Observatory On-line section following the entry in this F-Gas Regulation ; BROCK & OLLIE videos, a calendar of events, and an updated Log-book to download (*), which has been designed for operators of equipment containing F-Gases, in order to comply with Art. 6 of the 2014 F-Gas Regulation requirements on record keeping.
The previous Excel file has consequently been redesigned and supplemented with user-friendly menus. 
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