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CFC-PHASEOUT IN THE SWEDISH POLYURETHANE FOAM INDUSTRY.

Type of article: Periodical article, Review

Summary

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE EFFECTS FROM 1989 TO 1991 ON THE PHASE-OUT OF CFCS USED FOR FOAM BLOWING. STUDIES HAVE CONCENTRATED ON 57 COMPANIES PRODUCING FOAMED POLYURETHANE FOR APPLIANCE INSULATION, BUILDING INSULATION, CUSHIONING AND SHOCK ABSORPTION, COVERING UP TO 95 % OF CFC CONSUMPTION IN SWEDEN. TOTAL REDUCTION OF ABOUT 40 % HAS BEEN RECORDED. THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY BETTER CONTROL OF FOAM BLOWING, BY ALTERNATIVE BLOWING AGENTS, MAINLY CO2, HCFCS OR A TRICHLOROETHANE/PENTANE MIXTURE. THE ALTERNATIVES HAVE NOT BEEN TOTALLY SATISFACTORY, PARTICULARLY CO2 WHICH PRODUCES A HEAVIER, LESS RESILIENT AND LESS EFFECTIVE FOAM. IT IS ALSO A GREENHOUSE GAS. D.W.H.

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  • Original title: CFC-PHASEOUT IN THE SWEDISH POLYURETHANE FOAM INDUSTRY.
  • Record ID : 1992-1587
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Swed. environ. Prot. Agency - 3981; 14 p.; 3 tabl.; append.
  • Publication date: 1991
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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