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Emissions and environmental impacts from air-conditioning and refrigeration systems.

Author(s) : CALM J. M.

Summary

Integrated assessment of ozone depletion, global warming, and atmospheric lifetime provides essential indications in the absence of ideal refrigerants. The paper examines the trend in refrigerant losses from chiller use. It documents both substantial progress in release reductions and the technical innovations to achieve them. It contrasts the impacts of current refrigerants with alternatives and with the CFCs they replaced. It also summarizes thermodynamic and environmental comparisons of options to show that phaseout decisions based on chemical compositions alone can result in greater environmental harm than benefit.

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  • Original title: Emissions and environmental impacts from air-conditioning and refrigeration systems.
  • Record ID : 2002-0111
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Source: Joint IPCC/TEAP expert meeting on options for the limitation of emissions of HFCs and PFCs. Proceedings + Meeting report.
  • Publication date: 1999/05/26
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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