REFRIGERANTS CURRENT

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REFRIGERANTS CURRENT FUTURE TRENDS

• PRESENTED BY
• REFRIGERANT SERVICES INC

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• RSI HAS CREATED UNIQUE PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES
  AND PROCESSES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS
• -REFRIGERANT SEPARATION
• -REFRIGERANT RECLAMATION
• -REPLACEMENT REFRIGERANTS

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PRODUCTS SERVICES

• Refrigerant Disposal
• Refrigerant Reclamation
• Cylinder Sales and Rentals
• Cylinder Recertification
• Replacement Refrigerants

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RSC-1 RECLAMATION SYSTEM
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RS-2 SEPARATION SYSTEM
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CYLINDER RECERTIFICATION
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REFRIGERANT DISPOSAL

• Refrigerant Management Canada
• Non-profit industry owned
• Funded by voluntary levy on HCFCs
• Over 1.6 million kgs collected
• Over 1.4 million kgs destroyed
• Free destruction of ozone depleting refrigerants
  from stationary ACR systems in Canada

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HALOCARBON REFRIGEREANT HISTORY

• CFC R-11 R-12 R-500 R-502
• HCFC R-22 R-123 R-401A R-402A
• R-408A R-409A R-414B
• HFC R-134a R-404A R-507 R-407C
• R-410A R-417A R-422A R-422B
• R-422D R-424A R-426A
• R-427A R-428A

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HCFC Phase-out Schedule

• January 1, 1996 Baseline annual allowable
  amount of HCFCs based on Protocol terms (3,600
  tons)
• January 1, 2004 Annual allowable amount of HCFCs
  reduced by 35
• January 1, 2010 Annual allowable amount of HCFCs
  reduced by 65

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HCFC Phase-out Schedule

• January 1, 2010 no new R-22 equipment
  manufactured or imported
• January 1, 2015 annual allowable amount of HCFCs
  reduced by 90
• January 1, 2020 annual allowable amount of HCFCs
  reduced by 99.5 (HCFC-123 available until 2030
  for chiller service) no new HCFC equipment
  (R123) manufactured or imported

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COMMON HFC REFRIGERANTS
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NEWEST REFRIGERANT

• HFO R-1234YF
• (PROPOSED ASHRAE REFRIGERANT DESIGNATION)
• HYDROFLUOROOLEFIN
• FLUORONATED PROPENE
• LOW GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL 4
• FLAMMABLE
• PROPOSED ASHRAE SAFETY DESIGNATION A2

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NATURAL REFRIGERANTS

• AMMONIA R-717 (B2)
• HYDROCARBONS
• PROPANE R-290 (A3)
• BUTANE R-600 (A3)
• ISOBUTANE R-600a (A3)
• CO2 CARBON DIOXIDE R-744 (A1)

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TRENDS

• Wal-Mart opening Superstore in Burlington,
  Ontario with CO2 Refrigeration System
• In Japan 225,000 CO2 Domestic Hotwater Heatpumps
  shipped in 2005. Target of 5.2 million
  installations by 2010
• More than 50 of appliances manufactured in the
  world use hydrocarbons.
• Small semi-hermetic compressors with aluminum
  windings being developed for Ammonia.

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COMMON R-22 REPLACEMENT REFRIGERANTS
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COMMON DROP-IN R-22 REPLACEMENT REFRIGERANTS
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COMMON A/C R-22 REPLACEMENT REFRIGERANTS
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COMMON A/C DROP-IN R-22 REPLACEMENT
REFRIGERANTS
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QUESTIONS ?
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