Refrigerant
AHRI Releases Refrigerant Research Results
March 16, 2021 Contact: Francis Dietz, Vice President, Public Affairs Direct: 703.600.0355 Cell: 703.969.6444 Arlington, Va. — The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Instit...
Alfa Laval’s to share industry-leading innovation and expert
March 10, 2021 For the second year in a row, Alfa Laval will join partner shecco for the ATMO natural refrigerants virtual trade show (VTS). The focused, global online event is the closest thing to a...
EIA Calls on Chemours to Immediately End Activities Causing
March 8, 2021 A press release today from the American chemical giant, the Chemours Company, reveals the company’s unfulfilled promises and blatant disregard for the global climate. The statemen...
Chemours Announces Project to Reduce HFC-23 Emissions
March 08, 2021 Next step on the journey to reduce the company's environmental footprint WILMINGTON, Del., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC), a global chemistr...
HFC Tax Postponed in France
Reported by Susan Phalippou, JARN’s European correspondent Because hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) and have a global warming potential (GWP) 1,000 to 15,000 times...
Evonik Begins Marketing of Natural Refrigerants
Evonik, a world leader in specialty chemicals based in Germany, released three new hydrocarbon-based refrigerants, Drivosol R600, R600a, and R290, throughout Europe and delivered using a means of transport particularly suitable for this purpose. These three products, all of which also occur naturally, can be used as environmentally friendly and energy-efficient refrigerants in various appliances. ...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - Examples of New Refrig
Following is a list of examples of new refrigerant development and application in equipment that have been announced at symposiums and seminars in recent years. R463A: Alternative to R410A (R404A); a...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - Proposals for New Refr
With the adoption of the Kigali Amendment, research and development (R&D) on alternatives to HFC refrigerants and new refrigerants by both the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigera...
MOPIA joins the REAL Alternatives project
2021/03/03 REAL Alternatives, the international programme for low GWP alternatives training for technicians, is delighted to announce that MOPIA, the Manitoba Ozone Protection Industry Association, h...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - California’s Regulatio
On December 10, 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved rules on regulating HFCs with high GWP that are used as refrigerant (see the January 2021 regular issue of JARN). In the rules approved by CARB, the upper limits on the GWP of refrigerants used in key refrigeration equipment are as follows. In new refrigeration equipment using refrigerant in excess of 50 pounds (22.7 kg...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - U.S. Rejoins the Paris
This January, almost immediately after Joseph Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, he signed an executive order to rejoin the inter-national Paris Agreement on climate change that the pre...
Mayekawa to Ramp Up Effective Energy Utilization Solution Bu
Mayekawa intends to ramp up the effective energy utilization solution business using heat pumps that adopt low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants such as CO2 with a view to reducing energy co...
