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Reducing refrigerant emissions and leakage: an overview and feedback from two EU projects.

Author(s) : COWAN D., CHAER I., MAIDMENT G.

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This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the issue of refrigerant leakage and the aims and achievements of the REAL Zero and REAL SKILLS EUROPE projects. The paper highlights that leakage has an adverse impact on climate change both directly because these refrigerants are very powerful greenhouse gases, and also indirectly because leaking systems are less energy efficient. There may also be high financial penalties associated with the additional energy and service costs, downtime, and food wastage or lost production. The work on analysing new data is ongoing but has identified a number of common areas of leakage, which are priorities for action. The ongoing analysis of such data is essential in order to develop greater understanding of the cause of leakage and how it can be reduced. The paper concludes with an overview of the impact of potential future legislation on the use of HFC refrigerants and the relative carbon emissions and costs of alternative solutions. The REAL Zero and REAL SKILLS EUROPE projects are ongoing areas of work for the whole RAC industry that will help to achieve a more sustainable refrigeration industry for future generations.

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  • Original title: Reducing refrigerant emissions and leakage: an overview and feedback from two EU projects.
  • Record ID : 2010-1859
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation, HFCs alternatives
  • Source: RCR 2010. 2nd IIR Workshop on Refrigerant Charge Reduction in Refrigerating Systems: Stockholm, Sweden, June 16-17, 2010.
  • Publication date: 2010/06/16

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