Author: Brad Kivlan

Another new application specific refrigerant. Looks like technicians are going to have a lot of choices in new and replacement refrigerants in the future.

Asahi Glass (AGC) announced that it has successfully developed AMOLEA™yd, a new refrigerant grade for AGC’s AMOLEA™ brand lineups. This new refrigerant has Low Global Warming Potential, has superior energy-saving performance as observed compared to existing products and is designed for use in centrifugal chillers, binary cycle generators, and waste heat recovery heat pumps.

Read full press release here.

 

When will R410A reach the end of it’s life? That’s a question a lot of people are asking. Well, in an article published on “The News” AHRI, NRDC have aligned on Phasing Out Certain HFC Refrigerants. The proposal would phase out the use of R-134a, R-410A, and R-407C in chillers.

According to the news release, “The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a joint letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of changing the status of certain refrigerants used in liquid chillers under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program effective Jan. 1, 2025.”

 

Click here to read full article.

Hot off the press!

 

On Friday January 22, 2016, The U.S. Department of Commerce called for a first round of duties ranging up to 210% on imports of Chinese refrigerants after determining that the items were being sold in the U.S. at below fair market pricing.

R410A supplies may be spotty for the first half of the year since a large portion of the R410A supply comes from imports and many importers have delayed placing stocking orders until the initial determination was published.

Commerce is currently slated to finalize its dumping margins on June 13, and the ITC will make its final damages ruling on July 28.

To read the complete Commerce Department Fact Sheet, Click on the document below.