Refrigerant
Record 25-ton Seizure of HFC Refrigerants in Poland
Polish authorities have seized almost 25 tons of illegal hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. Believed to be the largest seizure of its kind in Europe, the 24,459-kg shipment from Ukraine included cylinders of R134a, R404A, and R410A and is estimated to be worth about €600,000 (US$ 672,000). Tax Administration Chamber officers in Łódź discovered the HFCs during customs clearance of tw...
Opteon™ XL41 (R-454B) and Opteon™ XP10 (R-513A) Refrigerants
Opteon™ selected to replace R-410A and R-134a in Chiller and Heat Pumps in Europe WILMINGTON, Del., May 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), a global che...
Toshiba DesignAirs Software Automates Refrigerant Capacity C
Toshiba has released a new generation of DesignAirs, an air conditioning system design software enabling contractors to carry out split and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system selection and automated EN378 and F-gas compliance checks for the first time. DesignAirs was originally developed by Toshiba in Europe, and the company recently adopted the system as its global air conditioning design ...
First EU Real Alternatives 4 LIFE Project held at Friterm Ak
Within the scope of Real Alternatives 4 LIFE project in which the Association of Refrigeration Industry and Businessmen (SOSIAD) is a social partner, the train-the-trainers program got off to an excel...
ENGIE’s Quantum Ensures Maximum Operational Reliability
Refrigeration systems in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry are among the most sensitive areas of application anywhere, as the complex production processes pose demanding requirements for the pr...
HFC Refrigerant Pricing Alert – May 2019
By Alec Johnson May 20, 2019 In the beginning of this year I got into the habit of writing refrigerant pricing updates as I saw them coming. Most of these have been fairly benign with a few percent ...
R-744 Carbon Dioxide Refrigerant Fact & Info Sheet
By Alec Johnson May 19, 2019 R-744 Carbon Dioxide is one of the oldest refrigerants in the world. Its first usage can be traced all the way back to the nineteenth century. Before the popularity of C...
Mitsubishi Electric Hybrid City Multi Evolves Further with R
As a step toward further prevention of global warming, it is required to reduce the amount of refrigerant used in air conditioners and implement a shift to refrigerant with low global warming potentia...
Trump Administration plans to restore credits for CO2 in MAC
May 1, 2019 Automakers will get credits for installing low-GWP refrigerants in mobile air conditioners, in a reversal of plans to discard the credits along with other clean-car rules. The Trump administration is planning to alter its rollback of Obama-era clean car rules to allow credits for automakers that install less-polluting air conditioners in their vehicles, including those that u...
IIAR Conference Includes Commercial/Food Retail Content
Technical papers, panel discussions and workshops were developed in partnership with North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council. May 16, 2019 Phoenix, Arizona – For the first time ever, the 2019 IIAR Natural Refrigerants Conference and Expo included a new Commercial and Food Retail track, developed in partnership with the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASR...
Bacharach Expands Refrigerant Gases on MGS-400 Gas Detectors
Supports cooling and refrigeration applications with halogen refrigerants May 15, 2019 NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — Bacharach announced the addition of 22 halogen refrigerants for its MGS-400 gas detectors in commercial and industrial gas leak monitoring applications. The newly added halogen refrigerants include R1234yf, R1234ze, R134a, R22, R32, R404a, R407a, R407C, R407f, R410a...
The Chemours Company's John Sworen To Be Awarded Gordon E. M
May 13, 2019 Technical Fellow to Be Honored by the Society of Chemical Industry and Science History Institute WILMINGTON, Del., May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Chemical Industry ...
