The refrigerant industry continues to seek solutions with minimal environmental impact and maximum performance. Opteon™ refrigerants offer the optimal balance of both environmental sustainability and performance, along with safety and cost to help meet the needs and business goals of this changing industry.
The principles of the F-Gas regulation which has been implemented from January 1st, 2015 are based on cap and phase-down for the placing on the market of HFCs.
The regulation introduces a phase-down mechanism involving a gradually declining cap on the total placement of HFCs (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) on the market in the EU.
The base is the annual average of the total quantity placed on the market into the EU from 2009 to 2012.
In addition to controls on the total quantity of CO2 equivalents, a number of provisions on servicing have been introduced.
The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases with a GWP> 2500 to service or maintain refrigeration equipment with a charge size of 40 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (10.2kg R-404A) or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020. This provision shall not apply to military equipment or equipment intended for applications designed to cool products to temperatures below -50°C.
There are also restrictions/bans on use in new equipment with bans on the placing on the market of the following: