Feb. 17, 2014: ASHRAE Publishes New Editions of Refrigerant Safety Standards
Standard 15 and Standard 34 Are Available as a Set
ATLANTA — ASHRAE has announced that the 2013 editions of its refrigerant safety standards, incorporating 41 new addenda, have been published.
ASHRAE said requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34-2013, Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerants, and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15-2013, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems, complement each other in that Standard 34 describes a shorthand way of naming refrigerants and assigns safety classifications based on toxicity and flammability data. Standard 15 establishes rules for safe application in equipment and systems. ASHRAE sells the standards as a set.