AN UPDATE ON FLUOROCARBONS AND SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE

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NEWSLETTER #150 - SEPTEMBER 2017

 
 
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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-125/HFO-1234yf, 11/59/30 weight %.

The climate test chambers require a broad range of temperatures, from -70 C to +…

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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.

Four HFC-134a chillers were selected with 10 MW cooling capacity, fitted with integrated open-flash economizers for best energy efficiency.

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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 emissions reduction of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) from 2008 to 2014 equaled roughly 50 percent of the reductions achieved by the United States for all GHGs covered by…

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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 with nitrogen. Two workers were severely burned and six other persons injured.

According to Police first indications, the explosion was caused by

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