Climate Control News  By Sandra Rossi | 9 January 2024 A-Gas commercial vice president of refrigerant management, Taylor Ferranti, identifies strategies to create a circular economy for refrigerant gases. Refrigerants are a critical component of modern-day society—from enabling air conditioning in buildings and airplanes to ensuring food supply safety. However, as governments and businesses alike look to mitigate negative environmental impacts, refrigerant use has come under close examination in recent years due primarily to the global warming impact of some refrigerants (such as hydrofluorocarbons—HFCs—or hydrochlorofluorocarbons—HCFCs). As a result, reclaimed refrigerants have become a larger part of the conversation around more responsible cooling solutions. Legislation like the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act has shifted the narrative around the role of reclaimed refrigerant gases as a viable solution for the continued use of refrigerant gases. With the huge am...

  Shakopee metal recycler fined $140,000 for mishandling ozone-depleting and planet-warming chemicals. By  Chloe Johnson  Star Tribune   DECEMBER 21, 2023 — 4:49PM Dem-Con Metal Recycling didn't have a plan to capture CFCs and HFCs, and couldn't operate the necessary equipment during an EPA visit.  Cars were piled up in April outside the metal recycling facility at Dem-Con Companies Environmental Campus in Shakopee. A metal recycler in Shakopee was fined $140,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency for mishandling climate-warming refrigerants. Dem-Con Metal Recycling accepts scrap metals and old appliances, and then sends them to other companies to be shredded, company President Bill Keegan said this week. Old refrigerators and air conditioners can still contain chemicals that are illegal to release into the environment. The EPA said the problems at Dem-Con "have caused or can cause" the release of the chemicals. But Keegan said no chemicals were ever release...

The ESCO Institute invites you to join us on November 30, 2023, for an informative and interactive webcast on Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Future with A2L Refrigerants. In this webcast you will get firsthand information from Honeywell's refrigeration experts, Ron Vogl and Doug Starasinic, as well as Clifton Beck of ESCO Institute, who will share best practices on safe handling of A2L refrigerants at various stages in the installation and maintenance process. Courtesy of Honeywell, all attendees of this webcast will get complimentary access to ESCO's 4-hour online A2L Training program, starting November 30th. (A $39.95 value!)

DUBAI, 10 hours, 27 minutes ago Honeywell and Trane Technologies have said that Trane chillers running on ultra-low-global warming potential (GWP) Honeywell Solstice zd (R-1233zd) refrigerant in the UAE are helping avoid 42,000 tonnes of CO2e emissions annually.   Based on hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) technology, Honeywell Solstice zd is energy efficient, non-flammable and has a GWP of 1, reducing impact on the environment compared with the commonly used hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant R-134a.    "Our collaboration with Trane in the UAE is a strong example of how HFO refrigerants such as Honeywell Solstice zd are making a significant difference for the environment,” said George Bou Mitri, vice president and general manager of Performance Materials and Technologies for the Middle East and North Africa at Honeywell. “Across the Middle East’s built environment, there is considerable focus on how to meet the intense cooling requirements of infrastructure while simultaneously m...

November 28, 2023 06:45 AM Eastern Standard Time WILMINGTON, Del.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today announced the creation of an international F-gas Lifecycle Program across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The program aims to advance safe, global recovery, reclaim , and reuse of fluorinated gases (F-gases) across its low global warming potential (GWP) Opteon™ products, Freon™ refrigerants, and FM-200™ portfolios. This program, which began as region and country-specific initiatives, will now include global oversight to drive additional adoption, partnerships, and reclamation. As part of the program, Chemours will complete a global review to identify opportunities for expansion and increased collaboration. This announcement reinforces Chemours’ commitment to supporting a global circular economy a...

  by  National Research Council of Science and Technology A research team has successfully developed an environmentally friendly refrigerant compressor using an electrochemical method instead of a mechanical method. The development is  published  in  Renewable Energy . In contrast to conventional refrigerants containing HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) that destroy the  ozone layer  and cause global warming, environmentally friendly refrigerants (ammonia, R1234yf, etc.) have very small environmental impacts. In accordance with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, advanced nations in Europe as well as the United States and Japan are in the process of transitioning to eco-friendly refrigerants until the complete phase-out of the use of HFCs in 2024. Using environmentally friendly refrigerants can help to prevent environmental pollution and contribute to sustainable development. Mechanical compressors have several limitations, such as problems with dur...