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Duncan Carter, Sales Engineer, Industrial & Commercial at refrigerant monitoring experts
Parasense, considers the importance of leak detection.
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or many organisations, it’s legislation with a charge 15% below the designed minimum
that’s the driver behind the installation of will typically lose 40-50% of its capacity and
leak detection equipment in refrigeration require up to 100% more energy to maintain the
systems. And there is a forest of legislative required cooling load.
acronyms that make leak detection so critical – Figures like that clearly demonstrate the need
EC842-2006 (or the F-Gas regulations) legislates to fi nd and fi x leaks as quickly as possible and
the use of fl uorinated greenhouse gases, BS EN that’s exactly what the refrigerant monitor is for.
378-2008 outlines the safety and environmental The system will alert engineers and managers as
requirements of refrigeration systems and heat soon as a leak occurs. This means that the problem
pumps, EC2037-2000 controls substances that can be fi xed immediately, rather than when it’s
deplete the ozone layer and BREEAM P02 Building chanced on during random sampling in a routine
Research Establishment Environmental Assess- maintenance check. As a result, your organisation
ment Method includes their installation in its Take our GRM refrigerant monitor. It’s certifi ed has not only saved the ongoing cost of running
assessment criteria. to CE, UL and CSA standards and can be used to ineffi cient, leaking equipment, it’s also saved the
All this legislation tends to make investment ensure the refrigeration installation is compliant cost of replacing more refrigerant than is abso-
in leak detection equipment to control refrigerant with F-Gas, BSEN278-2008 and BREEAM. A well lutely necessary. It also means you’re saved the
leakage a rather grudging one. But that shouldn’t written specifi cation will monitor all the areas of consequential losses involved when a worn part
be the case – leak detection offers many more a refrigeration system that are at risk – be they fi nally breaks and causes the entire system to fail.
tangible benefi ts aside from simple compliance part of the evaporator, the compressors and the Not only does the system save you money and
with legislative requirements. Fundamentally, condensers. Individual parameters can be set for aid compliance with legislation, because the entire
these benefi ts boil down to reduced costs – each, making it very fl exible. It’s scalable too – it maintenance process is administered through the
something that’s top of everyone’s agenda at the can be provided with 4, 8, 12 or 16 sampling chan- Headline News interface, it also gives you an asset
moment. nels. The system takes measurements at typically management tool: the data it stores equips you
Refrigeration can take up a huge proportion 30 minute intervals, 24 hours a day, seven days a with the information needed to monitor response
of an organisation’s fi nancial and environmental week and data is fed through to Headline News. time, fi rst fi x rate, fi xture availability and so on.
budgets. In some cases refrigeration accounts for This is our secure, internet-based application that The capabilities of 21st Century refrigerant
25% of the carbon footprint – and 70% of the allows users to access the level of information they monitors such as the GRM mean that leak detec-
total energy usage. Put simply, it means that any need to do their job effi ciently (overview data for tion systems can offer more than just a way to
cuts you can make to the refrigeration budget fi nancial managers; detailed analysis for engineers, comply with environmental legislation. In fact,
will offer substantial benefi ts – and leak detection for example). leak detection systems such as ours at Parasense,
equipment offers the ability to make these cuts. The system allows you to improve system ef- which are backed with years of expertise and
There are numerous documents that give fi ciency, a factor that shouldn’t be underestimated understanding, offer a tried and tested means to
consultants the tools to develop their own leak in its ability to cut costs. Refrigeration systems make substantial cost savings and that’s a fact!
detection specifi cation. My advice is – don’t do it! are designed to operate with a certain charge
Parasense is just one example of a company that’s of refrigerant. Once the charge drops below its
got years of experience (20 years in our case) of minimum level the compressor will need to work
developing and refi ning leak detection equipment. harder to maintain the discharge pressure and
So don’t reinvent the wheel – go to an organisa- cooling capacity. Refrigerant charge only decreases
tion that can tailor a solution that uses tried and when there is a leak and a leak has a massive effect
tested equipment. on energy usage. A refrigeration system operating
For more information on the products and services available from Parasense contact 01452 724123 or email sales@parasense.co.uk
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