Oct. 24, 2014: DuPont Introduces New HFO Refrigerants for Commercial Refrigeration
New Refrigerants Offer Low-GWP Alternatives
WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Fluorochemicals has announced the introduction of three new refrigerants in its DuPont™ Opteon® family, based on hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) technology. The company said these refrigerants have far lower global warming potential (GWP) than the products they are designed to replace and will enable compliance with a growing number of regulations that limit the use of high-GWP refrigerants.
DuPont is introducing the new refrigerants, developed for commercial refrigeration applications, under the names Opteon XP40, Opteon XP44, and Opteon XP10. Opteon XP40 is designed to effectively replace the refrigerant R-404A, which has one of the highest GWPs of the common HFCs and is extensively used in commercial refrigeration. In addition to providing a more than 60 percent reduction in GWP, said DuPont, testing has shown that Opteon XP40 delivers superior energy efficiency compared to R-404A.