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Natural foam blowing agents: sustainable ozone- and climate-friendly alternatives to HCFCs.

Author(s) : GTZ Proklima, BMZ

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

This publication has been prepared by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) Proklima on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It attempts to provide guidance to those involved in implementing HCFC phase-out under the Montreal Protocol and all other kinds of climate protection projects in developing countries: policy stakeholders, manufacturers and end-users of HCFCs in the foam sector from both developed and developing countries. The contributions focus on typical challenges that occur when converting production plants to natural foam blowing agents and provide solutions illustrating how these hurdles may be overcome in practice. Various issues relevant to the introduction of natural blowing agents are covered: legislative and policy-related aspects; general properties, assets and drawbacks of natural blowing agents; different applications in the manufacturing of foams, innovative technology solutions, as well as case studies from Article-5 countries on how the technology conversion towards natural substances has successfully been implemented. The publication can be downloaded from: www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/gtz2009-en-proklima-nat-blow-agents.pdf.

Details

  • Original title: Natural foam blowing agents: sustainable ozone- and climate-friendly alternatives to HCFCs.
  • Record ID : 2010-0977
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation, Technology, Developing country, Environment
  • Publication: GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), Programme Proklima - Germany/Germany
  • Publication date: 2009/08
  • Source: Source: 178 p.; fig.; photogr.; tabl.; ref.; index; append.

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