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Impact of CFC curtailment on refrigeration and mitigation research in Japan.

Author(s) : USHIMARU K.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

An international effort to slow down the ozone depletion process caused by atmospheric emission of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has resulted in a number of research and development programmes. Japan is currently a source of approximately 15 % of the world's total CFC production. This study focuses on Japan's effort to develop technical options for the CFC emission mitigation. Specific examples are presented to cover technical options for CFC-113 (used as a solvent and cleaning agent) and CFC-12 (used in automobile air conditioning and residential refrigerators). In these examples, an effort has been made to describe the CFC mitigation options for: (1) control technologies; (2) work practices and economics; (3) chemical substitutes; and (4) product substitutes. In particular, new CFC recovery and recycling equipment for CFC-113 is already being marketed in Japan, with a projected market volume reaching $15 billion by 1998. Capital expansion plans have already been established for the production of HCFC-134a (a principal substitute for CFC-12) by the leading Japanese CFC manufacturers. The economic and technical commitments to develop alternative CFCs and alternative products in Japan are anticipated to yield capital-intensive, innovation-rich solutions in the future.

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  • Original title: Impact of CFC curtailment on refrigeration and mitigation research in Japan.
  • Record ID : 30001730
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 13 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1990/03

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