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Mitigation of GHG emissions through the use of natural refrigerants for mobile air conditioning in cars in China.

Number: pap. ID73

Author(s) : GLOËL J., COLBOURNE D., OPPELT D., et al.

Summary

The G20 have declared their commitment to progressively phase down HFCs. The EU is effectively banning HFC-134a as refrigerant for the use in mobile air conditioning (MAC) from 2017. Consequently, the industry is developing new MAC systems deploying low-GWP refrigerants. As the largest passenger car producing country the future choice of alternative refrigerants in China will have important global implications. The paper will derive potential alternative refrigerant MAC systems available for China, considering also specific total equivalent warming impact (TEWI) estimations according to climate and other conditions. Further it will evaluate other relevant aspects for future choices of MAC systems in China such as system costs, safety of the systems and the environmental impact of emissions. The use of low-GWP natural refrigerants, such as R744 (carbon dioxide) and hydrocarbons in MAC systems would mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in China. Under certain conditions, they represent competitive options for the rapidly developing automotive sector.

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  • Original title: Mitigation of GHG emissions through the use of natural refrigerants for mobile air conditioning in cars in China.
  • Record ID : 30012650
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 11th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2014). Proceedings. Hangzhou, China, August 31-September 2, 2014.
  • Publication date: 2014/08/02

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