Refrigerant
Daikin: Notice of Establishment of New Subsidiary in China
30 May 2019 Daikin Industries, Ltd. announces that a resolution was passed at the Board of Directors meeting held on May 30, 2019, to establish a new subsidiary in China for the manufacture and sales...
Flammable refrigerants: the IEC approves the charge increase
29/05/2019 The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is in charge of standardization in the fields of electricity, electronics, electromagnetic compatibility, nanotechnology and related tec...
Ohrid 2019: latest technology trends for ammonia and CO2
29/05/2019 During the 8th IIR Conference on “Ammonia and CO2 Refrigeration” in Ohrid, North Macedonia, on April 11-13, 2019, 51 papers were presented, including 21 on ammonia, 22 on CO2 a...
Record 25-ton Seizure of HFC Refrigerants in Poland
Polish authorities have seized almost 25 tons of illegal hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. Believed to be the largest seizure of its kind in Europe, the 24,459-kg shipment from Ukraine included cylinders of R134a, R404A, and R410A and is estimated to be worth about €600,000 (US$ 672,000). Tax Administration Chamber officers in Łódź discovered the HFCs during customs clearance of tw...
Opteon™ XL41 (R-454B) and Opteon™ XP10 (R-513A) Refrigerants
Opteon™ selected to replace R-410A and R-134a in Chiller and Heat Pumps in Europe WILMINGTON, Del., May 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), a global che...
Toshiba DesignAirs Software Automates Refrigerant Capacity C
Toshiba has released a new generation of DesignAirs, an air conditioning system design software enabling contractors to carry out split and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system selection and automated EN378 and F-gas compliance checks for the first time. DesignAirs was originally developed by Toshiba in Europe, and the company recently adopted the system as its global air conditioning design ...
First EU Real Alternatives 4 LIFE Project held at Friterm Ak
Within the scope of Real Alternatives 4 LIFE project in which the Association of Refrigeration Industry and Businessmen (SOSIAD) is a social partner, the train-the-trainers program got off to an excel...
ENGIE’s Quantum Ensures Maximum Operational Reliability
Refrigeration systems in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry are among the most sensitive areas of application anywhere, as the complex production processes pose demanding requirements for the pr...
HFC Refrigerant Pricing Alert – May 2019
By Alec Johnson May 20, 2019 In the beginning of this year I got into the habit of writing refrigerant pricing updates as I saw them coming. Most of these have been fairly benign with a few percent ...
R-744 Carbon Dioxide Refrigerant Fact & Info Sheet
By Alec Johnson May 19, 2019 R-744 Carbon Dioxide is one of the oldest refrigerants in the world. Its first usage can be traced all the way back to the nineteenth century. Before the popularity of C...
Mitsubishi Electric Hybrid City Multi Evolves Further with R
As a step toward further prevention of global warming, it is required to reduce the amount of refrigerant used in air conditioners and implement a shift to refrigerant with low global warming potentia...
Trump Administration plans to restore credits for CO2 in MAC
May 1, 2019 Automakers will get credits for installing low-GWP refrigerants in mobile air conditioners, in a reversal of plans to discard the credits along with other clean-car rules. The Trump administration is planning to alter its rollback of Obama-era clean car rules to allow credits for automakers that install less-polluting air conditioners in their vehicles, including those that u...
