HFO-123ZE ENERGY EFFICIENT CHILLER FOR A GERMAN LEADING MACHINERY MANUFACTURER

A leading German machinery manufacturer has replaced outdated HCFC-22 refrigeration units by two HFO-1234ze chillers of 600 kW refrigeration capacity each.

The chillers cool the production units and provide cooling for the building air conditioning and the computer center. They have a very good energy efficiency, especially…

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HFC-134A EFFICIENT CHILLERS FOR CRUISE SHIPS

Originally designed for navy ships, HFC-134a chillers will be installed on cruise liners. Two vessels 236 m long will be equipped with four HFC-134a chillers, totaling a cooling capacity of 12 MW.

The chillers are tailored to meet the tough conditions at sea, where they operate in a sea water…

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NEW HCFO REFRIGERANT FOR LOW PRESSURE CHILLERS

HCFO-1224ydZ, (Z)CF3-CF=CHCl, has been added by ASHRAE as low GWP and non flammable refrigerant.

It has a boiling point of 14 C, a GWP < 1. See new EFCTC Fact Sheet in the Learn About section : “HCFO-1233zdE and HBFO-1233xfB, Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Change”.

It has been designed mainly for…

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DIRECT SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF THE OZONE LAYER CONFIRM THE LINK BETWEEN THE ODS PHASE-OUT AND THE OZONE HOLE RECOVERY

Using direct satellite observations of the Antarctic ozone layer, NASA scientists have been able to link the 20 percent decrease in ozone depletion from 2005 to 2016 with the decline of stratospheric chlorine (chlorine loading) during that period, resulting itself from the ODS (Ozone Depleting Substances) phase-out resulting from…

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NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG FEBRUARY 2018

• Welcome to www.fluorocarbons.org our new website, where you will find all relevant fluorocarbons 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…

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