AHRI launches study on low-GWP refrigerants

Oct. 05, 2009 – ARTI, the non-profit research arm of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has contracted with a consulting firm in order to carry out a review of the regulatory barriers and issues that may impact the use of low-GWP refrigerants including carbon dioxide, ammonia, and hydrocarbons in the US, Europe and Japan.

The focus of the study will be to identify regulatory barriers and issues that may impact the use of low-GWP refrigerants such as carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrocarbons, newly developed hydro-fluoro-olefins like HFO-1234yf and other emerging low-GWP refrigerants.

The study, which will update and augment a similar study conducted in the mid-1990s that assessed how regulations and standards have addressed requirements for use of new refrigerants and evolving safety classifications, is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009. The report will be posted on the AHRI website, once it has been reviewed and approved for publication by the ARTI Steering Committee.

Source: R744.com