Making sense of synthetic refrigerants and their replacements. With thanks to Craig Parker (Patton NZ), Steve Miller (Bitzer) and Rob Morgan (RefSpecs). For those that may have missed it the world of synthetic refrigerants is undergoing pretty significant changes. Increasing global pressure from consumers and regulators on fluorinated or F-Gases has meant significant scrutiny of
August 2017 Some of the biggest industry change seen since the ban on HFCs is occurring in the HVAC&R industry– over a series of articles, we will be looking at what impacts the change will mean. If you are making decisions around refrigeration assets you need to know significant change is happening in the
Companies using R22 in their refrigeration systems are still to see the full impact of R22 price rises as the market starts to see the cost of legislative changes. The phase out of R22 continues to hit the bottom line for those who haven’t yet converted refrigerants. From around $35kg in August last year, the
