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Man dies in cylinder “explosion”
RUSSIA: One person was killed yesterday as a result of what is reported to have been a refrigerant cylinder explosion….
World could agree HFC phase-down in 2016
DUBAI: With HFCs now to be included within the Montreal Protocol, this week’s meeting in Dubai ended with real prospects of a global…
HFO/HFC/CO2 hybrid on its way
USA: A new lower GWP replacement for R404A, which blends an HFO and an HFC with a “natural” refrigerant is to be…
R410A subs show “significant potential”
USA: A number of lower GWP R410A alternatives are said to have shown significant potential in high ambient split-system tests conducted by…
R410A alternatives key to phase down
DUBAI: EPEE has identified a switch away from R410A in split air conditioners as one of the keys to achieving the targets…
R444B tops high ambient R22 drop-in test
USA: The lower GWP refrigerant R444B has come out tops in a study of alternatives in R22 split air conditioners in high…
Mike Nankivell set to retire
UK: Mike Nankivell, who has represented the UK acr industry’s interests at national and European level, is to retire from his day-to-day activities…
Bubble control at the flick of a switch
USA: A way of controlling the the boiling process, independent of temperature, could produce significant improvements in cooling and heating system efficiencies….
HFCs do effect ozone depletion
USA: Although HFCs are promoted as being zero ODP refrigerants, they do have a small but measurable effect on ozone depletion, according…
EPA to strengthen HFC laws
USA: New proposals by the US EPA will see a tightening of HFC refrigerant emission, venting and sales laws….