A Look Inside Airgas Refrigerants’ Refrigerant Test Lab
New facility designed for flow, flexibility, and safety
In March, Airgas Refrigerants began operating an Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI)-accredited refrigerants testing lab after nearly a year of design and construction. The sophisticated testing lab is housed in Airgas Refrigerants’ Atlanta filling and reclamation facility, and is used to test samples from manufacturers’ bulk tankers, in-house reclamation, service technicians, and reclaimed gas cylinders for purity, oil, non-condensable gases chlorides, and acidity as requested. The lab includes five mass spectrometers, four of them gas chromatographs.
The lab soon will enable customers to order sample test kits that they can fill and return to Airgas Refrigerants for a complete AHRI-700 analysis, ensuring peak performance or identifying potential issues.