As the number and diversity of refrigerant products on the market continues to grow, the occurrence of refrigerant mixing or contamination becomes more likely. When more mixed refrigerant is returned to reclaimers, there is an increased burden of removing impurities or separating mixtures that can add to the cost of refrigerant reclaiming operations.
In many cases, the contamination of recovered refrigerant is avoidable if a few best practices are followed during service and recovery.