Hydrofluoroolefins

Carrier has extended the capacities of its flagship AquaForce Vision 30KAV liquid chiller range up to 1.3MW on low GWP refrigerant R1234ze.

ATMOspher has published a new report examining the reported evidence that HFO-1234yf, used widely as a refrigerant by itself and in blends, represents a growing threat to human health and the environment via its atmospheric degradation product, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).

The European Parliament’s environmental committee’s rapporteur has called for an outright ban on HFC and HFO refrigerants in most common uses and an even steeper phase down.

The new SPECTRUM Water chiller from ENGIE Refrigeration is available on the international market as of Monday 10 October 2022. The model with a capacity range of 170 to 1,100 kilowatts of nominal cooling capacity is a perfect addition to the existing portfolio and is a future-proof investment for users, thanks to its oil-free high-lift turbo compressors and the refrigerant R-1234ze. ENGIE Refrigeration will present this innovative product from 11 to 13 October 2022 at the Chillventa trade fair in Nuremberg.

Andalusian manufacturer Keyter is to use Honeywell’s HFO refrigerant R1234ze in a commercial scroll chiller for the first time.

Refrigerant manufacturer Arkema has announced plans to increase the supply of the low GWP HFO 1233zd through plants in China and the USA.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has delivered two R1234ze(E) centrifugal chillers with a total cooling capacity of 8,400RT to Singapore’s Marina Bay district cooling facility.

ICS Cool Energy has expanded its i-FH rental fleet with new water-to-water heat pumps running on R1234ze.

The City Advantage is a new Trane range of compact scroll water-cooled chillers and water-source heat pumps with lower GWP refrigerant R454B refrigerant.

Bitzer, the refrigeration and air conditioning specialist presents its SPEEDLITE ELV52 scroll compressor, which was specially developed for electric buses and rail vehicles.

ATMOsphere announced the release of the “North American Guide to Natural Refrigerants in Ice Arenas,” including information on ammonia systems.

Mark Hughes of Chemours told that an industry-wide shift to lower GWP refrigerants would require new ways of thinking about engineering priorities. This focus on moving to lower GWP refrigerants has been a central focus for the HVACR industry to meet legal targets set out in the EU and UK’s F-Gas regulations.

Based on the company’s Quantum Water chiller, the Spectrum will be available for order in October in six basic models.

Scheduled to take place on April 4-6, 2023, in Shanghai (China), the 3rd IIR Conference on HFO Refrigerants and Low GWP Blends (HFO 2023) will provide the ideal platform for experts to exchange and discuss the most recent developments in the field.

Honeywell announced that its new Solsticeyf UV – a low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant incorporating ultraviolet (UV) dye for leak detection support in automobile air conditioning systems – is now available at all participating NAPA Auto Parts stores across the United States. This is the first time Solstice yf (R-1234yf) refrigerant with UV dye will be available in the aftermarket.

Carrier Transicold is to make lower GWP refrigerant R452A the standard gas for all new transport refrigeration units in North America from October.

Daikin has recently been involved in the commissioning of three water-cooled R1234ze chiller units at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research and home of the Large Hadron Collider.

Kaltra handed over a low-GWP chiller from its most innovative, ErP 2021 compliant Lightstream Screw II lineup to the client in the UK.

A new Daikin refrigerant announced last year as a more efficient alternative to R1234yf in electric vehicles has been designated as R474A by ASHRAE and given an A2L classification.

The EU-funded project Refrigerants, Naturally! RefNat4LIFE has recently launched two free online courses – also known as massive online open courses (MOOC) – on natural refrigerants to support store owners’ and technicians’ transition away from f-gases.