OPTIMISM, FEW ANSWERS, MARK INTERNATIONAL CFC MEETING.

Author(s) : HAYNER A. M.

Type of article: Article

Summary

AT THE BALTIMORE 1990 CONFERENCE ON CFC AND HALOGEN ALTERNATIVES THE USA CLEAN AIR ACT WAS HAILED AS PROGRESS. IT APPEARS THOUGH, THAT THE ENFORCEMENT APPARATUS IS UNLIKELY TO BE IN PLACE BY TIME OF THE RECYCLING REGULATIONS IN 1992, WHEN VENTING CFCS BECOMES ILLEGAL. ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS TO R11 AND R12 ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY TO BE R123 AND R134A. R22 MAY BE PHASED OUT EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. HOWEVER TWELVE CHEMICAL COMPANIES HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO SEEK AND TESTALTERNATIVES FOR BOTH OOEP D. W. H.

Details

  • Original title: OPTIMISM, FEW ANSWERS, MARK INTERNATIONAL CFC MEETING.
  • Record ID : 1991-2351
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation
  • Source: Air Cond. Heat. Refrig. News - vol. 181 - n. 16
  • Publication date: 1990
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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