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USE OF CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS IN REFRIGERATION, INSULATION AND MOBILE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE USA.

Author(s) : STATT T. G.

Summary

IN 1985, ABOUT 699 MILLION TONNES OF CHEMICALS WHICH POTENTIALLY DEPLETE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE WERE PRODUCED BY THE USA. THESE CHEMICALS WERE CFCS, HALONS, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE AND METHYL CHLOROFORM. ROUGHLY 40% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THESE OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES, OR 264,000 TONNES OF CFC, WERE USED IN ENERGY-RELATED APPLICATIONS, NAMELY AS THE WORKING FLUID IN REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT AND MOBILE AIRCONDITIONERS, OR AS THE BLOWING AGENT IN FOAM INSULATIONS. WHEN THE PRODUCTION OF THESE CHEMICALS IS WEIGHTED BY THEIR OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL, ENERGY-RELATED APPLICATIONS AGAIN ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 40% OF THE POTENTIAL RISK TO THE ENVIRONMENT. REFRIGERATION, MOBILE AIR CONDITIONING AND FOAM INSULATION WERE ALL FOUND TO CONTRIBUTE FAIRLY EVENLY TO THE OZONE DEPLETION PROBLEM.

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  • Original title: USE OF CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS IN REFRIGERATION, INSULATION AND MOBILE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE USA.
  • Record ID : 1990-0778
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1988
  • Source: Source: C. R. Réun. Purdue, IIF/Proc. Purdue Meet., IIR
    1988-2; 353-357; 4 fig.; 3 tabl.; 7 ref.
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