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Insulating foam. Fact Sheet 13.

Author(s) : ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE)

Summary

This market sector includes foam used for insulation of building fabric, domestic appliances, pipes and vessels. Closed cell insulating foams are manufactured using a blowing agent that creates a cell structure in a polymer matrix. Some of the blowing agents in current use are HFCs.

Details

Original title: Insulating foam. Fact Sheet 13.
Record ID : 30014179
Languages: English
Subject: HFCs alternatives
Publication date: 2015/04
Source: Source: in: Workshop on HFC management: technical issues, Bangkok, 20 and 21 April 201

Links

See also: Index and fluid naming conventions for refrigerants. Fact Sheet 1.
Overview of HFC market sectors. Fact Sheet 2.
Domestic refrigeration. Fact Sheet 3.
Commercial refrigeration. Fact Sheet 4.
Industrial refrigeration. Fact Sheet 5.
Transport refrigeration. Fact Sheet 6.
Small self contained air-conditioning. Fact Sheet 7.
Small split air-conditioning. Fact Sheet 8.
Large air-conditioning (air-to-air). Fact Sheet 9.
Water chillers for air-conditioning. Fact Sheet 10.
Heat pumps (heating only). Fact Sheet 11.
Mobile air-conditioning. Fact Sheet 12.
Glossary of terms and technical definitions. Fact Sheet 15.

Indexing

Themes: HFCs;
Insulants
Keywords: Substitute; Foam; HFC; Insulation