On June 24, 2022, we conducted the order process for refrigerants after generating orders, the license process for exporting refrigerants from China, and the quota situation of refrigerants in EU countries.

On June 6th, the joyful kick off meeting and birthday party of June have been conducted in both our Zibo and Qingdao branch. We played group games and made work summary of May, after that everyone has got a gift and a small cake. It was really a fulfilling May, hope we can do better in June!

JAPAN: Refrigerant manufacturer AGC claims to have developed a new HFO1123 blend which resolves safety issues associated with this gas as a low GWP replacement for R410A in air conditioning.

USA: Honeywell has announced it will be selling Solstice 456A, a new lower GWP drop-in replacement for R134a in car air conditioning systems.

A new international standard was approved last week which allows flammable A3 refrigerants such as propane (R290) in domestic air conditioners, heat pumps and dehumidifiers.
After 18 months of revisions the standard was finally approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on 29 April, 2022.

Europe’s leading manufactures of natural-refrigerant-based systems are calling for greater ambition in the European Commission’s (EC) recently proposed revisions for the EU F-gas Regulation, suggesting stricter GWP limits, product bans and compensation for environmental damage.

As the world gets hotter, staying cool becomes more important. Even here on the north coast air-conditioners are becoming more common. AC, refrigerators, and other cooling equipment use a refrigerant gas called hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) that traps thousands of times more heat than CO2. California is currently working on a bill to address the deadly loop of proliferating HFCs leading to higher temperatures, which lead to more HFCs.

R-32, a single component refrigerant, has benefits that distinguish it from blended refrigerants. Single component refrigerants provide benefits that include no-compositional change, the ability to be charged in either liquid/gas phase, no temperature glide, and they are easier to reuse and reclaim.
So why is this all important?

SPAIN: Researchers have identified a number of refrigerant mixtures which could provide a more efficient alternative to pure hydrocarbons in small refrigeration systems.
Isobutane (R600a) has replaced R134a as the dominant refrigerant in domestic fridge/freezers, while propane (R290) has been widely adopted as the preferred environmental option for stand-alone commercial refrigeration appliances. This is particularly so in Europe where the F-gas regulations (517/2014) ban the use of refrigerants with a GWP higher than 150 in small capacity refrigeration systems.

Nidec global appliance R&D manage, Jozef Sedliak, explains why hydrocarbons are the best option to create an environmentally sustainable refrigeration industry.
When it comes to dealing with the world’s carbon (CO2) emissions and their impact on global warming the refrigeration industry has an important role to play.