Refrigerant

2019.06.03

Refrigerant Supply Situation in China

Recently, the price of refrigerants, such as the hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerant R22, has been soaring with a supply shortage of refrigerant raw materials such as fluorite. Such a phenomeno...

2019.06.02

Petra Starts a New Project with UNIDO Aiming to Implement Us

Petra started a new project aiming to implement the use of propane (R290) in the manufacturing of large com mercial unitary roof-top air conditioning units with capacities of up to 400 kW at Petra in ...

2019.06.01

Washington Signs HFC Bill & Vermont Announces HFC Plan

By Alec Johnson May 30, 2019 A few more dominoes fell this week in the HFC phase down across the United States. I had reported a few weeks ago that Washington State’s HFC phase down had passed...

2019.05.31

Daikin: Notice of Establishment of New Subsidiary in China

30 May 2019 Daikin Industries, Ltd. announces that a resolution was passed at the Board of Directors meeting held on May 30, 2019, to establish a new subsidiary in China for the manufacture and sales...

2019.05.30

Flammable refrigerants: the IEC approves the charge increase

29/05/2019 The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is in charge of standardization in the fields of electricity, electronics, electromagnetic compatibility, nanotechnology and related tec...

2019.05.29

Ohrid 2019: latest technology trends for ammonia and CO2

29/05/2019 During the 8th IIR Conference on “Ammonia and CO2 Refrigeration” in Ohrid, North Macedonia, on April 11-13, 2019, 51 papers were presented, including 21 on ammonia, 22 on CO2 a...

2019.05.28

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...

2019.05.28

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...

2019.05.27

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 ...

2019.05.25

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...