Articles Tagged with ''HFC refrigerants''

Dynatemp Provides Valuable Information, Innovative Products

Company says 2018 will be an important year for the future of refrigeration

February 26, 2018

Dynatemp Intl. Inc. shared booth space with Choice Refrigerants, and the two companies displayed a new residential split system designed to use R-421A, one of the R-22 alternative refrigerants offered by Dynatemp.

US Court of Appeals Rescinds HFC Ban

Court decision overturns Honeywell, Chemours appeal, determines the EPA doesn’t have the authority to require manufacturers to utilize low-GWP replacement refrigerants

Herb Woerpel

January 30, 2018

The ruling conceptually overturns a 2015 EPA proposal by former president Barack Obama’s administration to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in retail food refrigeration HVACR applications.

Converting R-22 Systems to R-453A

January 8, 2018

R-453A is a hydrofluorocarbon/hydrocarbon (HFC)/(HC) based, non-ozone depleting, low-global warming potential (GWP), direct drop-in replacement refrigerant blend for HCFC-22 (R-22).

How Does the Black Hat Look on Arkema?

Global business director says the SNAP lawsuit is about options, choices, and a smooth transition

Ron Rajecki

October 30, 2017

Arkema is widely seen as wearing the black hat in the refrigeration industry right now, thanks to the lawsuit in which it and Mexichem Fluor petitioned a U.S. court of appeals to review the EPA’s 2015 rule in which HFCs were targeted under Section 612 of the Clean Air Act.

Alliance Head Urges Pruitt and Tillerson to Honor Montreal Protocol

Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy’s Kevin Fay cites numerous benefits to U.S.

June 5, 2017

The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy has sent letters to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging that the United States uphold its commitments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol that was adopted in October 2016.

Chemours Breaks Ground on New U.S. Production Facility for Opteon Refrigerants

The new facility will triple the company’s capacity

February 15, 2017

The Chemours Co., a global chemistry company in titanium technologies, fluoroproducts, and chemical solutions, announced that it has broken ground on a new HFO-1234yf production facility. The new facility, located at the Chemours Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas, will triple the company’s capacity for its HFO-1234yf-based-products, which are low-global warming potential (GWP) and better for the environment.

Chemours Breaks Ground on New U.S. Production Facility

February 15, 2017

The new facility, located at the Chemours Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas, will triple the company’s capacity for its HFO-1234yf-based-products, which are low-global warming potential (GWP) and better for the environment.

Kigali Agreement Creates ‘Orderly Phasedown’ of HFCs

An exclusive interview with AHRI’s Stephen Yurek

Ron Rajecki

January 16, 2017

Stephen Yurek, president and CEO of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), recently discussed the Kigali Agreement and some of the effects it may have on the HVACR industry with The NEWS.

AHRI Applauds Montreal Protocol, HFC Agreement

Parties agreed to include hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in the treaty’s purview

November 7, 2016

Acknowledging the success of the Montreal Protocol in phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), AHRI has long supported including HFCs in a global phasedown plan under the treaty.

EPA Finalizes New SNAP, Section 608 Rules

Propane OK in some uses, techs must treat HFCs the same as ozone-depleting refrigerants

October 31, 2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized two rules designed to reduce the projected growth and emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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