Gree expands R290 portfolio with portable ACs and dehumidifiers

Although the most common R22 replacement in China is R410A, this is not ideal because of high Global Warming Potential (GWP), according to the presentation by Stephanie Zheng, Gree Electric Appliance. With this in mind, the company started research on R290 in 2006 and officially launched in July 2011 the production of R290 split room ACs for which it has received the first global VDE (VDE, the Association for Electrical, Electronic &Information ...