10 News Climalife 2015 technical seminars
LAST MONTH CLIMALIFE brought its technical expertise – in collaboration with some of its suppliers, DuPont (Chemours), Exxon Mobil and Murco – to the industry through a series of six seminars that ran across the country. “Our objective was to share insight and present technical solutions to our customers and industry colleagues,” said Mel Summers, Climalife marketing co-ordinator. “We addressed some of the key questions around changes in F-Gas legislation, leak detection, phase down of certain refrigerants, equipment lubricant developments and also to introduce some new low GWP refrigerant solutions on the market.
“It was a lot to cover in a morning but feedback from many of our 200 guests was really positive.”
Discussion took place around the main changes in the F-Gas regulation and how they will impact heavily upon those
using high GWP refrigerants, in particular R404A, where industry professionals will be forced to look at alternatives, perhaps sooner than they might have first expected. The audiences were
introduced to CO2 equivalent tonnes and how they affect leak checking, as well as how they will affect quotas and phase- down steps.
There were warnings about how R404A and other
high GWP refrigerants were potentially going to be a problem a few years before the service ban on their use in 2020 due to the phase down step in 2018.
Exxon Mobil reinforced the importance of good lubrication in equipment, product selection and developments that support low GWP refrigerants.
Murco also gave advice on the different types of fixed leak
detection sensors available, where to locate them to get the best results and a reminder of what is needed to comply with the new F-Gas leak check requirements.
In addition to the options presented by Climalife, DuPont (Chemours) presented its range of low GWP refrigerants under the Opteon brand with the support of some interesting case studies and results where they are already in use.
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