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Preparing for HCFC phase-out: fundamentals of uses, alternatives, implications and funding for Article 5 countries.

Author(s) : UNIDO

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

The principal aim of this guide is to bring together in a single publication a broad range of information and guidance in sufficient detail to make it a useful reference tool for a relatively wide audience. Extract from the table of contents: the Montreal Protocol; climate change; accelerated phase-out of HCFCs; developing an HCFC phase-out strategy; preparing an HCFC phase-out management plan; fundamentals of refrigeration and air conditioning (how do they work? lubricants for refrigeration systems; common types of compressors; refrigerants; energy consumption; aspects of refrigeration and air-conditioning design; types of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems; heat pumps); refrigerants (development of alternative refrigerants; safety group classifications; types and status; natural refrigerants; refrigerant data); alternatives for refrigeration and air conditioning; good service practice (refrigerant audit; reducing leakage; retrofitting with a drop-in and with an HFC refrigerant; reducing climatic impact); cost implications of HCFC phase-out; phase-out experience from non-Article 5 countries. The report can be downloaded from: www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media/Publications/Pub_free/Preparing_for_HCFC_phaseout.pdf.

Details

  • Original title: Preparing for HCFC phase-out: fundamentals of uses, alternatives, implications and funding for Article 5 countries.
  • Record ID : 2010-2120
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Developing country, Environment
  • Publication: UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) - Austria/Austria
  • Publication date: 2009/08
  • Source: Source: 244 p.; fig.; photogr.; tabl.; append.

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