Articles Tagged with ''illegal refrigerants''

DuPont Refrigerants announced that it has completed an enforcement action involving counterfeit refrigerants which resulted in a seizure of cylinders and packaging in Hangzhou province, China.

The EPA is currently investigating instances where propane has been marketed and used as a substitute for HCFC-22 (R-22), a widely used refrigerant in home air conditioning systems.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is warning HVAC technicians, home improvement contractors, propane manufacturers and sellers, and homeowners of the potential safety hazards related to the use of propane or other unapproved refrigerants in residential air conditioning systems.

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute has issued a white paper titled “Reports of R-134a Contaminated with R-40 and Other Refrigerants.” That paper is featured here.

DuPont Refrigerants is asking the HVACR industry to be aware of the use of any potential counterfeit and illegally imported refrigerant products, with special attention paid to R-22 and R-438A.

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has issued an alert regarding safety hazards and counterfeit refrigerants.

DuPont Refrigerants recently finished a two-year effort to investigate counterfeit activity of DuPont refrigerant brands in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China.

DuPont Refrigerants worked with law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), playing an instrumental role in a significant seizure of counterfeit DuPont™ SUVA® refrigerants in Sharjah.

Stephen Yurek, president and CEO, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) responded to what he termed “several inaccuracies” in a Sept. 8, 2012, article in The New York Times on smuggling, primarily from China, of HCFC refrigerant.

Stephen Yurek, president and CEO of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), has issued a response to what he called “several inaccuracies” in an article that appeared in the New York Times on smuggling of HCFC-22, or R-22, refrigerant.