AN UPDATE ON FLUOROCARBONS
Representing the European Fluorocarbons Producers
NEWSLETTER #167 - MAY 2019
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The F-Gas Regulation 517/2014 references GWPs based on the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, unless otherwise indicated in Annex I. Use and placing on the market bans reference these GWPs. The 2018 Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion provides the most up to date… Share this article on
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Raising awareness of illegal trade and how individuals and can work to deal with the issue is an important step to reducing the illegal trade, but industry needs the wholehearted support of compliance enforcement initiatives to help prevent the illegal trade. EFCTC acknowledges the steps are being taken by the European Commission, Member… Share this article on
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A range of HFC refrigerants are used for chillers, as these span a wide range of cooling duties, and use scroll screw and centrifugal compressors. Increasingly lower GWP refrigerants are being used including HFOs, HCFOs, HFO based refrigerants and HFC/HFO blends. These refrigerants provide appropriate safety and performance properties while… Share this article on
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The total greenhouse gas emissions due to the operation of a chiller are the direct emissions of refrigerant and the indirect emissions due to energy use. The switch to lower GWP refrigerants for chillers, such as HFC/HFO blends, HFOs and HCFOs, reduces the contribution of the refrigerant emissions and energy consumption is… Share this article on
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