News - Fluorocarbons

12 May 2017 News

FRENCH REPORT ON REFRIGERANTS LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS

The French ADEME has released an in-depth study on installed fluorocarbons refrigerants leak detection systems (Etude sur les moyens de detection de fuite des installations de refrigeration de climati...

11 May 2017 News

R-452B SELECTED FOR A NEW LINE OF AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT FOR THE US MARKET

A new line of R-452B unitary air conditioning units has been introduced to the US market. R-452B, a blend of HFC-32, HFC-125 and HFO-1234yf (67/7/26 weight %), having a GWP of 698, is a lower GWP a...

10 May 2017 News

HYBRID VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW AIR CONDITIONERS REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF REQUIRED R-410A

Hybrid Variable Refrigerant Flow (HVRF) air conditioners are a recent new development in the field of building air conditioning, reducing by 40 % the quantity of R-410A in the system and delivering a...

09 May 2017 News

HELSINKI HFC-134A BASED DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING PLANT GETS SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION

The Helsinki HFC-134a based District Heating and Cooling system has been expanded to become fully integrated by the addition of two new heat pumps delivering together 15 MW of cooling and 22 MW of hea...

08 May 2017 News

New on Fluorocarbons.org – May 2017

Welcome to www.fluorocarbons.org our new website, where you will find all relevant fluorocarbon information easily. We offer a "Learn About" section which includes : "Climate change, Global war...

04 April 2017 News

R-410A HEAT PUMPS FOR A DANISH LOW ENERGY HOUSES PROJECT

R-410A heat pumps have been installed to supply heating and hot water for a Danish project of 75 houses, designed to be low energy and carbon neutral. Houses were constructed in 5 clusters of 15 hous...

03 April 2017 News

HFO-1234ZE HEAT PUMPS RECOVER DATA CENTER WASTE HEAT TO SUPPLY A LARGE FINNISH DISTRICT HEATING NETWORK

Two HFO-1234ze innovative and energy efficient heat pumps have been installed in Kikkonummi, Finland, to recover waste heat from a Ericsson’s data center to supply one of the largest Finnish distric...

02 April 2017 News

R-448A REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS PREFERED TO CO2 FOR AN AMERICAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN

A R-448A commercial refrigeration system was chosen by an American supermarket chain for one of its new large supermarket. R-448A has a moderate GWP of 1,386 and is nonflammable. With more that 50...

01 April 2017 News

NEW LOW GWP HFOs AND HFCs REFRIGERANT BLENDS DEVELOPED AS SUBSTITUTES TO HIGH GWP HFCs

Research continues to develop solutions to replace high GWP HFC refrigerants, mainly R-404A (GWP 3,922 – Note 1), R-410A (GWP 2,088) and HFC-134a (GWP 1,430), under the F-Gas Regulation provisions r...

16 March 2017 News

FLORENCE ART GALLERY HEATING ANG COOLING PROVIDED BY R-410A HEAT PUMPS

A contemporary art gallery in Florence has installed 2 multi-purpose R-410A based heat pumps for the simultaneous heating and cooling of its recent building expansion. The heat pumps deliver 416 kW...

15 March 2017 News

HFO-1336MZZ TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMPS

Soon after having been proposed as a potential working fluid for high temperature heat pumps, HFO-1336mzz based heat pumps are presented by a Norwegian company, able to upgrade low temperature waste h...

14 March 2017 News

US STUDY IDENTIFIES POTENTIALLY VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR SUBSTITUTING R-410A IN AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT

A detailed study of candidate chemicals able to replace R-410A in small air conditioning equipment has identified, after screening a comprehensive database of potential candidates, 27 fluids that had...

13 March 2017 News

HYDROCARBON GAS CONTENT RECOGNIZED RESPONSIBLE FOR A FATAL EXPLOSION IN AUSTRALIA

Investigation of a fatal explosion that took place in 2014 in an Australian hotel and caused the death of two maintenance workers concluded that the hydrocarbon content of a refrigeration unit had bee...

12 March 2017 News

NEW ON OUR WEBSITE – MARCH 2017

www.fluorocarbons.org, EFCTC website, has been thoroughly renovated. - Factsheets have been put together and became more informative LEARN ABOUT - Brock and Ollie VIDEO - Closing the gap. See all Br...

07 February 2017 News

HFC BASED ORC MACHINES SUPPLY ELECTRICITY FROM SAWMILL WASTE

A 150 kW HFC-based ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) machine has been installed to deliver uninterruptible power to a developing country sawmill, to which the electricity supply was not reliable enough.

06 February 2017 News

SERVICING R-404A MARITIME REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS WITH R-407F

A global maritime industry group has successfully tested the addition of lower GWP R-407F (GWP = 1 824) to R-404A (GWP = 3 922) refrigeration systems. Faced to the coming phase-out (note) of R-404A,...

05 February 2017 News

HFO/HFC BLEND SAVING ENERGY WHEN REPLACING R-404A IN A BRITISH SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SYSTEM

A British supermarket chain has retrofitted one of its supermarket refrigeration system with R-449A (GWP = 1 397), a blend containing R-32/R-125 /R-134a/R-1234yf / (24.3/24.7/25.7/25.3 weight %) as a replacement for R-404A (GWP =3 922). The system comprises two high temperature packs and one low temperature pack.

04 February 2017 News

ADVANCED HFC-134A AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THE BRUSSELS ENGIE TOWER

Two HFC-134a high-performance turbo-compressors power the Brussels Engie Tower (previously called GDF Suez Tower) air conditioning system. They are almost 50% more efficient than conventional cooling equipment, and can also be used as a heat pump for recovering lost heat, which is then fed back into the heating circuit.

01 December 2016 News

R-410A HEAT PUMP FOR HEATING A CITY OF PARIS SWIMMING POOL FROM SEWER WATER

A 80 kW R-410A water/water heat pump is the key element of a system capturing heat from sewer water to heat the water of a City of Paris swimming pool. Sewage water, being fed by sanitary and domesti...

30 November 2016 News

SPANISH SUPERMARKETS REPLACE R-507 WITH LOWER GWP R-448A

R-448A has been selected for a Spanish supermarket chain for the conversion of around 60 stores from R-507 to the lower GWP R-448A. R-448A (blend of HFC-32/HFC-125/HFC-134a/HFO-1234yf/HFO-1234zeE, 26...

29 November 2016 News

R-410A ROOFTOP UNITS AND HEAT PUMP FOR A NEW HIGHLY EFFICIENT ITALIAN SHOPPING CENTER

Sixteen R-410A air conditioning rooftop units and one R-410A heat pump will be installed in a new Italian shopping center. The 72,000 m2 building HVAC system has been designed with a strong focus on...

28 November 2016 News

NEWLY DEVELOPED CIRCUIT BREAKER MONITOR GETS US R&D AWARD

A newly developed Circuit Breaker Performance Monitor and Data Acquisition System won a R&D Award for its ability to grant access to real-time information and ultimately reduce SF6 emissions. The...

27 November 2016 News

NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG DECEMBER 2016

NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “Brock and Ollie - Closing the gap SEE ALL BROCK & OLLIE VIDEOS here. COMING SOON :FIGAROO II - F-Gas Regulation Observatory On-lineHelpful information about the...

07 November 2016 News

HFCs refrigerants retained in us air conditioners and heat pumps energy efficiency standards

For the U.S. Department of Energy national energy conservation standards, proposed for commercial unitary air conditionersand heat pumps, hydrocarbons or other alternative refrigerants to HFCs were not considered as design options for improving the energy