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  • La brique réfrigérante, une piste pour le froid naturel dans les environnements désertiques.

    Virgina San Fratello et Ronald Rael pourraient avoir trouvé un moyen de rafraîchir l'air intérieur dans les environnements désertiques.

    • Date de publication : 05/03/2017
  • Refrigerant news: Refrigerant shortage

    The refrigeration sector is facing a shortage of R134a, employed as a refrigerant or as a component used in the making of R404A. This is due to several factors: a lack of raw materials, the stopping of production of factories in Asia, low...

    • Date de publication : 07/02/2011
  • Fake refrigerants cause havoc

    A series of reefer explosions could have been caused by impure refrigerants

    • Date de publication : 19/03/2012
  • Refrigerants Naturally

    During the conference Refrigerants Naturally held by UNEP and Greenpeace on June 22, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium, three companies reported on their global environmental actions and presented their objectives in this field: - Coca-Cola (Jeff...

    • Date de publication : 10/11/2004
  • BOC’s refrigerants team

    According to BOC's refrigerants team, one in three plants runs on contaminatedrefrigerant. BOC's team tested over 50 industrial installations and found that 36% of refrigerant blends tested did not meet specifications and required complete...

    • Date de publication : 26/10/2005
  • Refrigerants: R-422A

    ISCEON®79, a refrigerant manufactured by Rhodia UK, now has an ASHRAE designation: R-422A. A safety classification of A1 (non-toxic / non-flammable) is recommended, subject to public review. Presented at IKK in Nuremberg, Germany, on October...

    • Date de publication : 10/11/2004
  • Incidents with fake refrigerants

    Incidents involving fake refrigerants have hit the headlines on various occasions recently. The incidents often involve R40 (methyl chloride), a hazardous chemical compound, or other substances.

    • Date de publication : 17/08/2012
  • Briefs: Illegal refrigerants

    Over 108 tonnes of illegal refrigerant have been seized by customs officers around the world in a special operation code-named Sky-hole Patching II. The joint operation by the World Customs Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme...

    • Date de publication : 07/02/2011
  • New NIST screening method for refrigerants

    Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a computational method to identify candidate low-GWP refrigerant fluids. The method identified 1234 promising low-GWP chemicals among 56 203 considered.

    • Date de publication : 20/11/2012
  • BOC Refrigerants acquire CARE®

    On January 31, 2005, BOC announced that it had completed a deal with Calor Gas Limited to purchase the company's CARE® range if environmentally sensitive refrigerants. The deal also includes Calor's UK aerosol propellants business and sales,...

    • Date de publication : 15/03/2005
  • Australia: Code of Practice for Flammable Refrigerants

    Faced with the rising use of flammable refrigerants, AIRAH has issued a draft Code of Practice for handling these gases.

    • Date de publication : 12/09/2013
    • Sujets : Réglementation
  • Natural refrigerants in developing countries

    Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) is helping developing countries accelerate the phase-out of ozone-depleting refrigerants. It recently published a report comprising over 30 articles from government, industry and academia, and...

    • Date de publication : 04/02/2011
  • Natural refrigerants in emerging countries: GTZ

    Within the International Climate Initiative, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) is implementing a project aiming to introduce R290 (propane) room air-conditioning systems in China in order to replace HCFC-22. Endowed...

    • Date de publication : 07/03/2010
  • European Union: insufficient training on low-GWP refrigerants

    Within the context of the revision of the EU F-gas Regulation that could include measures in favour of decreased use of HFCs in refrigerating equipment, AREA sought an overview of the availability and level of training regarding low-GWP and in...

    • Date de publication : 03/05/2012
  • Guide 2013: Natural Refrigerants - Market Growth for North America

    The new Guide 2013: Natural Refrigerants - Market Growth for North America gives an overview of the status of ammonia, CO2, hydrocarbons, water and air as refrigerants in various sectors (food chain, city & buildings, transport, and industry...

    • Date de publication : 06/05/2013