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26 April 2018 News
HFO REFRIGERANT-READY INDIRECT THERMOSYPHON COOLING FOR DATA CENTRES
Indirect Thermosyphon Cooling can provide an efficient solution for data centres. It uses the waste heat from the data centre and a combination of gravity and a syphon effect, to drive a refrigeration...
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23 April 2018 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG MAY 2018
REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE Modules on Low GWP Alternatives and Safety and Risk Management available
As part of the REAL Alternatives for LIFE project, the European Commission is co-financing a cons...
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03 April 2018 News
NEW REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VRF SYSTEMS
A new refrigerant detection and management system works with VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) air conditioning systems. In the unlikely event of a refrigerant leak, it shuts down the specific section o...
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02 April 2018 News
LOWER GWP HFC/HFO BLENDS USED FOR HEAT PUMPS AND TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION
The low GWP HFC/HFO blend refrigerant R-454C, a “mildly flammable” refrigerant is being used in an air-source heat pump designed for use in factories. According to the manufacturer, it is the indu...
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01 April 2018 News
KIGALI AMENDMENT IMPACT ON GLOBAL WARMING
The 8th Emissions Gap Report, published by UN Environment (UNEP) estimates the potential contribution short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), including HFCs, could make in the global effort to keep th...
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31 March 2018 News
HFC-134a CHILLER EXCEEDS ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BY 35%, UPGRADEABLE TO HFO-1234ze
A new range of variable-speed screw chillers, exceeds the European Ecodesign energy performance standards by 35%. Available with HFC-134a as refrigerant, the chiller is designed with the ability to be...
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30 March 2018 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG APRIL 2018
Welcome to www.fluorocarbons.org, where you will find all relevant fluorocarbon information easily.
We offer a "Learn About" section which includes :
"Climate change, Global warming, & HFCs"...
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01 March 2018 News
BRITISH “PUTTING INTO USE REPLACEMENT REFRIGERANTS” REPORT – 2018 EDITION
The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has produced a 2nd edition of its PURR (Putting into Use Replacement Refrigerants) report.
PURR first edition was produced in 2015 to help industry to ad...
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27 February 2018 News
R-407H TO REPLACE HCFC-22 IN AN AMERICAN COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE
R-407H (GWP 1,495) has been used to replace HCFC-22 in the refrigeration system of an American warehouse.
The refrigeration system had a charge of 1,450 kg was used to cool the 8,400 m3 between -1...
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26 February 2018 News
HFO-1234ZE AS LOW GWP PROPELLANT FOR TECHNICAL AEROSOLS APPLICATIONS
HFO-1234zeE, with a GWP of <1, is being used as a propellant for aerosol applications including cleaners, warning systems, marine navigation and novelties.
It is non-flammable, is exempt from VO...
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25 February 2018 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG MARCH 2018
EFCTC POSITION PAPER ON THE EVALUATION OF THE EU ODS REGULATION (1005/2009)
The evaluation process of the ODS Regulation provides an opportunity to streamline the regulation to reflect the successes...
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29 January 2018 News
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 an...
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28 January 2018 News
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....
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27 January 2018 News
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 :...
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26 January 2018 News
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...
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25 January 2018 News
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 war...
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04 December 2017 News
THE HFC KIGALI AMENDMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 2019
After being agreed on October 15, 2016 at the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol had to be ratified by 20 parties to trigger its entry...
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03 December 2017 News
R-455A REPLACING CO2 IN A GERMAN SUPERMARKET
A German supermarket has just been renovated and made the choice of an R-455A ice-water loop for its medium temperature refrigeration system.
Previously tried CO2 systems had encountered pressure s...
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02 December 2017 News
HFC HEAT PUMP RECOVERS A DATA CENTER WASTE HEAT AT THE FRENCH «UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE»
A high temperature heat pump has been installed on the “Université de Bourgogne” campus in Lyon (France), in order to recover the waste heat from the University’s Data center cooling system....
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01 December 2017 News
ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE 2017 THE SMALLEST SINCE 1988, BECAUSE OF WARMER AIR IN THE STRATOSPHERE
The size of the 2017 Antarctic Ozone Hole was the smallest on record since 1988, and lasted a few weeks less than the average.
It reached a maximum of 19.7 million km2 on September 11th, 2017, sign...
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30 November 2017 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG
Log-book update
Our 2014 Logbook will be completely redesigned, adding new functionalities and updated with all the new blends.
In order to fit your specific needs, EFCTC is conducting a surve...
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20 November 2017 News
EFCTC joins the Parties to celebrate 30 years of the Montreal Protocol
Thirty years ago governments met in Montreal and reached agreement on the Montreal Protocol, the world’s most successful environmental treaty. At that time, the focus was on protecting the ozone lay...
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07 November 2017 News
HFO BASED POLYURETHANE FOAM FOR THE INSULATION OF A NEW LONDON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
HFO-1336mzz blown polyurethane spray foam has been used for the insulation of 6,000 m2 of the Boxton Croydon Development in London, an innovative commercial park concept composed of 70 assembled shipp...
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