Articles Tagged with ''refrigerant recovery''

A-Gas Acquires Rapid Recovery

Will enable company to provide an end-to-end supply and reclamation service to its customers
June 6, 2016

A-Gas International, through its A-Gas Americas business, has completed the acquisition of Rapid Recovery. Headquartered in Phoenix, Rapid Recovery operates across the U.S. from 40 branch locations providing a full suite of on-site recovery and cylinder services to the refrigeration and HVAC sectors.


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Hudson Technologies Announces Retirement of James R. Buscemi, VP and CFO

Buscemi will remain with Hudson to assist with the CFO succession for a transition period
June 2, 2016

Hudson Technologies Inc. announced that James R. Buscemi has advised the company of his intent to step down as vice president and chief financial officer of the company, effective July 1, 2016. Buscemi will remain with Hudson to assist with the CFO succession for a transition period.


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Diversified Pure Chem Expands Small Cylinder Exchange and Refrigerant Buyback Program

DPC collects 30- and 50-lb. cylinders of recovered refrigerant directly from area HVACR businesses
May 2, 2016

Diversified Pure Chem, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-certified refrigerant reclaimer based in Dallas, has opened three new facilities to offer small cylinder exchange and refrigerant buyback services in the following markets: Cincinnati; Louisville, Kentucky; Indianapolis; Greensboro, North Carolina; and central Florida.


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Maureen Beatty (left), executive vice president, National Refrigerants Inc., shares that the industry is looking into ways to make recovery of flammable refrigerants safer

Recovery Sector Aims to Keep Pace

Industry constantly adapting to latest batch of regulations, refrigerant phaseouts
Ron Rajecki
April 4, 2016

The refrigerant recovery and reclamation sector is striving to keep up with the changes taking place in the world of refrigerants, which means it is constantly creating new products to seamlessly adapt to the latest batch of regulations and refrigerant phaseouts.


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Refrigerant recovery is likely to remain a part of the industry, even in the age of naturals and hydrocarbons. Photo courtesy of Ritchie Engineering Co.

Natural, HC Refrigerants Spell Change — Not Doom

Examining the impact refrigerants lacking recovery requirements have on recovery and reclamation
Ron Rajecki
April 4, 2016

What long-term implications will this have on the refrigerant-recovery industry, which has been built on recovering chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) — refrigerants that are increasingly being phased out? The answer: Change is on the horizon, but demise is not imminent.


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UK Boasts Highest Refrigerant Recovery Rate

Rate of recovery estimated to be 65-92 percent depending on end-use
February 22, 2016

A report by the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) on refrigerant management has found the United Kingdom (UK) to top its refrigerant recovery rate table.


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An HVAC technician retrofits a residential air conditioning unit from R-22 to Freonâ„¢ MO99. Photo courtesy of the Chemours Co.

R-22 Phaseout Slashes Supply to 18M Pounds

Refrigerant Phaseout, SNAP changes, and more will affect HVACR industry in 2016
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Jen Anesi
February 8, 2016

In October 2014, the EPA announced its final phasedown schedule regarding the production and importation of HCFC-22. The order called for an immediate drop from 51 million pounds allowed in 2014 to 22 million pounds in 2015, 18 million pounds in 2016, 13 million pounds in 2017, 9 million pounds in 2018, and 4 million pounds in 2019. No new or imported R-22 will be allowed in the U.S. on or after Jan. 1, 2020.


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Refri-Claim Now a Part of A-Gas Americas

Acquisition completed from ICOR International
November 2, 2015

A-Gas Americas has acquired Refri-Claim, an EPA-certified reclaimer, from ICOR International. The acquisition includes all the assets of the existing Refri-Claim business.


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White Paper Analyzes Tracking, Recycling of HFCs

Recycling Called ‘Simplest, Most Cost-Effective’ Step
June 1, 2015

If 30 percent of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants currently in use are reclaimed for reuse by 2040, approximately 18 billion metric tons carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent would be prevented from reaching the atmosphere over the next 25 years, according to a white paper released by EOS Climate.


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