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01 June 2016 News
2015 : HFCs CONTRIBUTE UNDER 0.9 % TO ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GASES
The US NOAA has released its 2015 update of the AGGI, intended to follow the evolution of the radiative forcing of greenhouse gases.
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31 May 2016 News
SUPERCOOLING AND SUPERCHILLING OF FOODSTUFF INCREASE FOOD SHELF LIFE AND REDUCE WASTE
As part of an EU funded project, FRISBEE (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumer Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimization along cold chain in Europe), supercooling and superchilling tests have demonstrated the potential to enable safe, high quality and long term storage of food without detrimental food quality effects for the consumer.
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30 May 2016 News
NEW HFC BASED CHILLER OFFERING HIGHEST ENERGY EFFICIENCY
A new inverter screw water-cooled chiller range has been put on the market, achieving a high energy efficiency, especially at part load, typically 97% of the operating time.
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29 May 2016 News
BRITISH HEAT PUMP PRODUCT OF THE YEAR FOR AN INNOVATIVE HFC BASED AIR SOURCE AIR PUMP
A new generation of R-410A based air source heat pumps got the British Heat Pump Product of the Year 2016 award.
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28 May 2016 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG JUNE 2016
Updated Factsheet Nr 8 “Trifluoroacetic Acid and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)or Hydrofluoro-olefines (HFOs)
Special Review : “Understanding TFA”
EPEE Video : The EU F-Gas Phasedown
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROOFollowing the entry into force of the F-Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, an updated Figaroo section will be available soon
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02 May 2016 News
“CHEMICAL” AND “NATURAL” REFRIGERANTS
In a paper published in ACR News – April 2016, addressing the signification of “chemical” or “natural” refrigerants, a British Professor concludes that “the term 'natural' applied to refrigerants is an ideological obfuscation.
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01 May 2016 News
RIO SUMMER 2016 OLYMPICS TO USE ONLY HFC BASED HVAC EQUIPMENT IN NEW VENUES
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipments for the Rio 2016 Olympics will all be based on R-410A solutions in all 12 new sports arenas and auxiliary facilities in both Barra and Deodoro Olympic Parks.
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30 April 2016 News
HBFO-1233XFB AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT
A new fluoro-olefin, HBFO-1233xfB, has been proposed by the US EPA as a drop-in replacement for Halon 1211 Fire extinguishing agent on aircrafts, based on its calculated GWP of 0.23-0.26.
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29 April 2016 News
SF6 GAS ANALYSER HELPING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, AVOIDING UNNECESSARY EMISSIONS
An SF6 gas analyser has been designed to test SF6 in electrical equipment without service disruption.Â
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28 April 2016 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG MAY 2016
Updated Factsheet Nr 8 “Trifluoroacetic Acid and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or Hydrofluoro-olefines (HFOs)"
A new format for a comprehensive Special Newsletter “Understanding TFA”
EPEE Video : The EU F-Gas Phasedown
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROOFollowing the entry into force of the F-Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, an updated Figaroo section will be available soon
LOG-BOOK : UPDATED LOG-BOOK DOWNLOAD ON OUR SITE
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01 April 2016 News
R-410A TO REPLACE HCFC-22 IN A REFRIGERATION UNIT FOR A BRITISH LPG SITE
A LPG site refrigeration system using HCFC-22 – under a British government temporary exemption to the EU service ban for HCFC-22 - has recently been converted to the refrigerant R-410A.
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31 March 2016 News
HFC-245FA ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE PROJECT FOR A SILICON PRODUCTION FURNACE FUNDED BY THE FRENCH ADEME
A HFC-245fa Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) project for a 3 MW module to be installed on a silicion production furnace has been selected to be funded by the French Energy and Environment Agency ADEME.
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30 March 2016 News
R-410A FOR A LARGE GROUND SOURCE PROJECT IN THE UK
R-410A Chillers were installed in what is assumed to be the largest open loop ground source project of its kind in the UK.
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29 March 2016 News
FRENCH STUDY ON REFRIGERANT CONTAINMENT
A French study, based on a literature review and a questionnaire sent to stakeholders, has been conducted to investigate the containment for refrigeration plants.
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28 March 2016 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG APRIL 2016
Updated Factsheet Nr 8 “Trifluoroacetic Acid and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or Hydrofluoro-olefines (HFOs)"
EPEE Video : The EU F-Gas Phasedown
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?”
NEW ON FIGAROOFollowing the entry into force of the F-Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, an updated Figaroo section will be available soon
LOG-BOOK : UPDATED LOG-BOOK DOWNLOAD ON OUR SITE
NEW IN OUR LIBRARYImplementing Regulations to the F-Gas Regulation EC 517 (2014)
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01 March 2016 News
THE IMPORTANCE OF REFRIGERATION TO REDUCE GLOBAL FOOD WASTE
The second Global Cold Chain Summit took place in Singapore in December 2015 and highlighted the challenge to reduce global food wastage, where refrigeration plays a major role.
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29 February 2016 News
ENERGY EFFICIENT HFO/CO2 CASCADE FOR AN ITALIAN SUPERMARKET
An Italian supermarket has installed a HFO-1234ze/CO2 cascade system with heat recovery which is saving about 35 % energy in comparison with conventional installations.
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28 February 2016 News
HFC-134A FOR BRITISH ICE RINK COOLING SYSTEMS
A British company specialized in ice rink cooling systems is using HFC-134a semi-hermetic compressors with variable speed operation for optimum energy efficiency.
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27 February 2016 News
HFO-1234ZE REFRIGERATION UNITS FOR A FRENCH COLD ROOM STORAGE
Two HFO-1234ze units have been installed at a French fruit producers to replace HCFC-22 for the cooling of 1,400 m3 cold rooms, each storing around 300 tonnes of apples at +1°C.
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26 February 2016 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG MARCH 2016
Updated Factsheet Nr 8 “Trifluoroacetic Acid and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or Hydrofluoro-olefines (HFOs)."A new format for a comprehensive Special Newsletter “Understanding TFA.”
EPEE Video : The EU F-Gas Phasedown.
NEW BROCK & OLLIE VIDEO “The Revised F-Gas Regulation: What does it mean?"
NEW ON FIGAROO.
LOG-BOOK : UPDATED LOG-BOOK DOWNLOAD ON OUR SITE.
NEW IN OUR LIBRARY.
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01 February 2016 News
LOW GWP HFOs AND HFCs REFRIGERANT BLENDS SUBSTITUTES TO HIGH GWP HFCs
As a consequence of the F-Gas Regulation provisions regarding the HFC phase-down and the equipment use restrictions, producers and equipment manufacturers have worked to introduce a number of lower GWP alternatives, by blending HFCs with HFO-1234yf or HFO-1234ze. Blends compositions have to be fine tuned in order to meet technical and energy efficiency performances expected for each kind of application.
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31 January 2016 News
HFC-245FA FOR A LARGE FRENCH ORC GEOTHERMAL PLANT PROJECT
A French geothermal energy project called FONGEOSEC will use HFC-245fa based ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) technology to produce 5.5 MW from deep high temperature geothermal wells.
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30 January 2016 News
COMMISSION RELEASES FOUR F-GAS REGULATION IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS
The EU Commission has published in November 2015 four new implementing Regulations to the F-Gas Regulation EC 517 (2014) relevant to air conditioning, refrigeration, heat pump and electrical equipment sectors
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