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to Refrigerant 4-1-1
Welcome to the debut edition of our newest information source
for HVACR contractors: Refrigerant 411.
Each month, Refrigerant 411 will provide HVACR contractors with links to
news and information that will help them stay current on important
refrigerant issues and trends.
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The
Refrigerant Report, May 2010
Over the last two years the HVACR industry has faced a number
of serious challenges. With new construction at a stand still and
equipment owners hesitant to even repair their systems at times let
alone replace them, it has been a long and lean period for everyone
associated with this business.
But what has complicated matters even further has been the untimely
phase-out of R-22 designed equipment and subsequent increase in new
equipment and service costs.
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ICOR
Joins EPA GreenChill Partnership
Indianapolis based refrigerant producer, ICOR International,
Inc., has been accepted into the EPA’s GreenChill Advanced
Refrigeration Partnership.
“Our company brings several decades of valuable HVACR system
conversion experience to the partnership,” says Dave Callender, Field
Technical Support Supervisor for ICOR assigned to represent ICOR in the
GreenChill Partnership.
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Honeywell
Refrigerant Helps Convert Sunlight into
Electricity
Honeywell’s Genetron® R245fa refrigerant is being used to
help homeowners generate electricity from the sun's heat while
offsetting energy costs.
This energy-efficient refrigerant is being used in an organic rankine
cycle (ORC) called the 35Z Micro Power Plant, manufactured by the
Germany-based company, Turbolina. The 35Z Micro Power Plant uses water
heated by thermal solar panels to evaporate the refrigerant, which in
turn drives a turbine to generate electricity. Fuel isn’t burned to
create the electricity, therefore the unit doesn’t produce carbon
dioxide emissions.
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R125
Shortage is Here
Most refrigerant related discussions over the past few years
have been related to the phase-out of R22 and the increased demand for
its replacement, R410A. But since the middle of summer 2009, the
unexpected shortage of another fluorocarbon — R125 —has been
rattling the refrigerant demand chain.
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Arkema/Daikin Facility Opens in China
The Arkema Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals Co., Ltd. (ADAF)
has begun operation in Changshu, Jiangsu province, China. The joint
venture company of Arkema S.A., Colombes, France, and Daikin Industries,
Ltd., Osaka, Japan, has recently started full-scale production in China
of HFC-125.
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Supermarket Chains Reduce Energy Use
Managers at Whole Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market, Giant Food,
and Buehler's are initiating programs to cut energy use at those stores.
Whole Foods, for example, hopes to reduce energy consumption at all of
its stores by 25% per sq.ft. by 2015.
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Refrigerant Disposal: What to do With Contaminated
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In the natural course of your business, you’re bound to end
up with refrigerant for which you have no need. Government regulations
are very strict on what you can and can’t do with used refrigerant.
The guidelines are set up to avoid the damaging effects refrigerants can
have on the atmosphere. According to amendments made to the
EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s Clean Air Act in the
1990s.
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New
Republic Facility Offers Refrigerant Recovery
A new distribution, sales and training facility has been
opened in Cedar Rapids, IA by Republic. Republic is a third-generation
family business based in Davenport, IA. It distributes equipment to
mechanical HVAC contractors and those involved in energy
management.
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