Articles Tagged with ''R-22 phaseout''

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A-Gas: R-22 Is Still Legal, Available

Company also touts refrigerant separation, recovery, and reclamation capabilities
Joanna Turpin
Joanna R. Turpin
February 18, 2019
A-Gas is dedicated to the lifecycle management of refrigerants and specialty gases, which includes new refrigerant sales; on-site refrigerant recovery; reclamation and separation; Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) testing and analysis; buyback; and destruction.
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EPA Approves Honeywell Solstice N40 For Use In Ice Rinks

October 26, 2018

As rink owners look to shift away from R-22 — a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) that is widely used in ice rinks across the U.S. and Canada — they face the challenge of selecting an alternative refrigerant that delivers equivalent capacity and proven performance but without disrupting rink operations. New production of R-22 will cease at the end of 2019.


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The Value of Refrigerant Recovery Incentives

Is pay to play a proper way to increase reclaim rates in preparation of the final R-22 phaseout deadline?
April 10, 2017
Are there ways to encourage greater collection of R-22 and other refrigerants so they can be reclaimed? And what form might that encouragement take?
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Spring is Here! But the R-22 Isn’t

What’s behind the low reclaim numbers, and what can the industry do about it?
Ron Rajecki
April 4, 2017

Springtime means many different things to many different people: Love in the air; baseball, golf, and grilling; shorts and sunscreen; a rebirth; a triumph of the dogged determination of life to begin anew after winter.  Or, for those in the refrigeration industry, spring of 2017 means just three more cooling seasons until the only R-22 on the market will be what’s available through reclaimers or in individual inventories (a.k.a. stockpiles).


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Ice Rinks Consider Future Options Beyond R-22

Retrofits in Minnesota and Michigan provide examples of good options
Ron Rajecki
February 6, 2017
New ice rinks generally use ammonia as a refrigerant, but R-22 was the choice for many years, and the ice making systems in older rinks can contain several thousand pounds of R-22. In the approaching cold, hard reality of a post-R-22 world, how will rinks keep their ice cold and hard?
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EPA Approves R-449B for Multiple Applications

Alternative to R-22 and R-404A approved under SNAP program
January 3, 2017

Arkema’s Forane® 449B (R-449B) refrigerant has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in multiple refrigeration applications under the agency’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program.


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U.S. Global Commercial Refrigeration Markets Poised for Growth

Factors include more supermarkets, new refrigerant, and efficiency regs
January 3, 2017

Demand for commercial refrigeration equipment in the United States is forecast to rise 3.1 percent per year through 2020 to $11.3 billion, according to a report by Reportbuyer. According to the report, US Commercial Refrigeration Industry, the growth between now and 2020 will be moderating somewhat compared to the 2010-2015 period, when growth was bolstered by a rebound in sales after the economic recession. 


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