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! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! COOL$TECHNOLOGIES:$$ WORKING$WITHOUT$HFCs$ $ $ $ $ Examples$of$HFC;Free$Cooling$Technologies$in$Various$Industrial$Sectors1$ ! $ $ $ $ 2012$EDITION$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Prepared!by!Janos!Maté,!Greenpeace!International! with!! Claudette!Papathanasopoulos!and!Sultan!Latif,!Greenpeace!USA! 1!Greenpeace!published!a!report!under!the!same!title!in!2000,!2008,!2009!and!2010;!and!it!continues!to!be!updated.!Greenpeace! welcomes!receiving!information!regarding!new!examples!of!HFCMfree!technologies.!Please!forward!them!to!jmate@telus.net! 1 AcknowleDgements$ $ This!report!compiles!information!received!from!many!sources.!Wherever!possible!the!sources!have!been! referenced.!!Greenpeace!is!appreciative!of!the!cooperation!of!all!the!individuals,!companies,! governmental!and!nonMgovernmental!organizations!that!provided!the!requested!technical!information! and!data.! ! Special$acknowleDgements:! Brent!Hoare!(Green!Cooling!Association!of!Australia)! Daniel!Coulbourne! GIZ/ProKlima! Melanie!Miller!(Touchdown!Consultants)! Nicholas!Cox!(Earthcool!Ltd.)! Per!Henrik!Pedersen!(Danish!Technological!Institute)! Refrigerants,!Naturally!!(Partner!Companies)!! Shecco!(R744.com,!hyrdocarbons21.com!and!ammonia21.com)! $ Greenpeace$Disclaimer$ The!“COOL!TECHNOLOGIES:!WORKING!WITHOUT!HFCS”!Report!presents!a!sample!survey!of!companies! using!HFCMfree!technologies.!The!survey!is!not!meant!to!be!allMinclusive,!nor!is!the!inclusion!of!any! enterprise!an!endorsement!by!Greenpeace!of!any!company!or!its!products.! $ Contact$Information$ Greenpeace!routinely!updates!the!“Cool!Technologies:!Working!Without!HFCs”!Report!and!welcomes! additional!information.$$ ! Please!contact:!$ Janos!Maté,!([email protected])! Claudette!Papathanasopoulos,!([email protected]) 2 $ Table$of$Contents$ A.$INTRODUCTION$ 5! B.$Domestic$Refrigeration$ 6! B.1!GreenFreeze:!hydrocarbon!domestic!refrigeration! 6! B.2!SolarChill:!hydrocarbon!vaccine!cooler!and!refrigerator! 7! C.$Commercial$anD$InDustrial$Refrigeration$ 9! C.1!Natural!refrigerants!in!commercial!cooling!equipment! 9! C.1.a!Refrigerants,!Naturally!! 9! C.1.b!The!Consumer!Goods!Forum! 11! C.1.c!Companies!working!with!cooling!equipment!using!natural!refrigerants! 11! C.2!Manufacturers/distributors!of!commercial!cooling!equipment!using!natural!refrigerants!19! C.3!Industrial!use!of!ammonia!in!cooling!applications! 28! C.3.a!Industrial!applications!of!ammonia!in!refrigeration!and!freezing! 28! C.3.b!Use!of!ammonia!in!food!distribution!centers! 32! D.$Domestic$anD$Commercial$Air;ConDitioning$ 36! D.1!Manufacturers!and!distributors!of!domestic!and!commercial!airMconditioning!equipment! using!natural!refrigerants! 36! D.2!Examples!of!facilities!cooled!with!airMconditioning!using!natural!refrigerants! 39! D.3!Ammonia!airMconditioning! 40! D.3.a!Use!of!Ammonia!in!smaller!cooling!applications! 41! D.4!Solar!AirMConditioning!with!natural!refrigerants! 41! D.5!Desiccant,!evaporative!and!absorption!cooling! 43! D.5.a!Desiccant!cooling! 43! D.5.b!Evaporative!cooling! 44! D.5.c!Absorption!cooling! 44! D.6!CoMgeneration!cooling! 46! D.7!District!cooling! 46! D.8!Passive!cooling! 48! D.9!Converting!from!fluorocarbons!to!natural!refrigerants! 49! D.9.a!Examples!of!conversions!from!HCFCM22!to!hydrocarbons! 49! D.9.b!The!German!Government!Development!Agency!(GIZ)!projects!with!natural! refrigerants! 54! E.$Mobile$Air;ConDitioning$anD$Transport$Cooling$ 55! E.1!Environmental!impacts!of!HFC!mobile!airMconditioning! 55! E.2!Hydrocarbons!in!MACs! 55! E.2.a!Standards!and!safety!considerations!using!hydrocarbons! 55! E.3!Carbon!dioxide!in!MACs! 56! E.4!Transport!cooling!and!airMconditioning! 56! E.5!HFCM1234yf!(HFOs)!in!MACs! 57! F.$MANUFACTURERS$OF$COMPRESSORS$USING$NATURAL$REFRIGERANTS$ 59! G.$HFC;FREE$FOAM$BLOWING$AGENTS$AND$TECHNOLOGIES$ 61! G.1!Rigid!extruded!polystyrene!(XPS)! 61! G.2!Flexible!Foams! 61! G.3!Rigid!Polyurethane!(PUR)! 62! G.4!Appliances! 62! G.5!FlexibleMfaced!laminates! 62! G.6!Boardstock! 62! G.7!Sandwich!panels! 62! G.8!Spray!foams! 63! G.9!Pipe!insulation! 63! G.10!Alternatives!to!foam! 63! H.$CONCLUSION$ 65! I.$APPENDICES$ 66! I.1!Efficiency!comparisons!between!hydrocarbons!and!fluorocarbons! 66! I.2!Efficiency!comparisons!between!CO2!and!fluorocarbons! 68! I.3!Hydrocarbon!refrigerant!producers! 69! I.4!Global!estimates!of!airMconditioner!production! 70! I.5!Contact!list!for!companies! 73! $ 3 $ Tables$ ! TABLE!1:!PARTIAL!LIST!OF!COMPANIES!PRODUCING!GREENFREEZE!DOMESTIC!REFRIGERATORS!...........................................!6! TABLE!2:!SOLARCHILL!TECHNOLOGY!VACCINE!COOLERS!AND!FOOD!REFRIGERATORS!...........................................................!8! TABLE!3:!USE!OF!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS!IN!POINTMOFMSALE!COOLING!EQUIPMENT!BY!MEMBER!COMPANIES!OF!REFRIGERANTS,! NATURALLY!!..............................................................................................................................................!9! TABLE!4:!EXAMPLES!OF!COMPANIES!USING!COOLING!EQUIPMENT!WITH!HYDROCARBONS!AND!CO2!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS!..!11! TABLE!5:!EXAMPLES!OF!COMPANIES!PRODUCING!AND/OR!MARKETING!COOLING!EQUIPMENT!WITH!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS! (HYDROCARBONS!AND!CO2)!......................................................................................................................!19! TABLE!6:!EXAMPLES!OF!RECENT!DEVELOPMENTS!IN!AMMONIA!TECHNOLOGY!AND!INDUSTRIAL!APPLICATIONS!OF!AMMONIA!IN! REFRIGERATION!AND!FREEZING!....................................................................................................................!28! TABLE!7:!EXAMPLES!OF!AMMONIA!IN!FOOD!DISTRIBUTION!CENTERS!.............................................................................!32! TABLE!8:!MANUFACTURERS!OF!AIRMCONDITIONING!AND!HEAT!PUMP!EQUIPMENT!USING!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS!.................!36! TABLE!9:!EXAMPLES!OF!HYDROCARBON!AND!CO2!AIRMCONDITIONING!IN!COMMERCIAL!AND!PUBLIC!BUILDINGS!....................!39! TABLE!10:!EXAMPLES!OF!AMMONIA!AIRMCONDITIONING!IN!COMMERCIAL!ENTERPRISES!....................................................!40! TABLE!11:!PARTIAL!LIST!OF!SABROE!JOHNSON!CONTROLS!CHILLPAC!INSTALLATIONS!......................................................!41! TABLE!12:!EXAMPLES!OF!SOLAR!AIRMCONDITIONING!SYSTEMS!WITH!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS!............................................!42! TABLE!13:!EXAMPLES!OF!DESICCANT!COOLING!IN!THE!UNITED!STATES!..........................................................................!43! TABLE!14:!EXAMPLES!OF!EVAPORATIVE!COOLING!INSTALLATIONS!IN!THE!UNITED!STATES!.................................................!44! TABLE!16:!EXAMPLES!OF!COGENERATION!INSTALLATIONS!..........................................................................................!46! TABLE!18:!PARTIAL!LIST!OF!CONVERSIONS!FROM!HCFCM22!TO!HYDROCARBONS!............................................................!49! TABLE!19:!EXAMPLES!OF!GIZ!PROKLIMA!CONVERSION!TECHNOLOGY!DEVELOPMENT!PROJECTS.!........................................!54! TABLE!20:!EXAMPLES!OF!HYDROCARBON,!CO2!AND!EVAPORATIVE!COOLING!IN!MOBILE!AIRMCONDITIONING!AND!TRANSPORT! COOLING!.................................................................................................................................................!56! TABLE!21:!ENVIRONMENTAL,!HUMAN!SAFETY,!AND!FINANCIAL!CONCERNS!WITH!HFCM1234YF!(HFOS)!.............................!57! TABLE!22:!EXAMPLES!OF!COMPRESSOR!MANUFACTURERS!USING!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS!...............................................!59! TABLE!23:!PERCENTAGE!OF!THE!ANNUAL!USE!OF!HYDROCARBONS!IN!SELECT!FOAMING!SECTORS!GLOBALLY!..........................!61! TABLE!24:!EXAMPLES!OF!COMPANIES!USING!NATURAL!BLOWING!AGENTS!IN!XPS!FOAMS!.................................................!61! TABLE!25:!EXAMPLES!OF!COMPANIES!USING!NATURAL!BLOWING!AGENTS!IN!FLEXIBLE!FOAMS!...........................................!61! TABLE!26:!EXAMPLES!OF!NATURAL!FOAMING!AGENTS!IN!CONSTRUCTION!FOAMS!............................................................!63! TABLE!27:!MANUFACTURERS!OF!ROCK!WOOL!INSULATION!.........................................................................................!64! TABLE!28:!EFFICIENCY!COMPARISON!BETWEEN!HYDROCARBONS!AND!FLUOROCARBONS!...................................................!66! TABLE!29:!SAMPLE!COMPARISON!OF!EFFICIENCY!OF!CO2!COOLING!WITH!THAT!OF!FLUOROCARBONS!..................................!68! TABLE!30:!PARTIAL!LIST!OF!HYDROCARBON!REFRIGERANT!PRODUCERS!AND!DISTRIBUTORS!(*!INDICATES!PRODUCER)!.............!69! TABLE!31:!!ESTIMATES!OF!GLOBAL!AIR!CONDITIONING!PRODUCTION!OF!WINDOW!AND!PORTABLE!AIRMCONDITIONERS!(BAU)!..!70! TABLE!32:!ESTIMATES!OF!GLOBAL!PRODUCTION!OF!SINGLE!SPLIT!TYPE!AIRMCONDITIONERS!(BAU)!......................................!70! TABLE!33:!ESTIMATES!OF!GLOBAL!PRODUCTION!OF!MULTIMSPLIT!AIRMCONDITIONERS!(BAU)!.............................................!70! TABLE!35:!ESTIMATES!OF!GLOBAL!PRODUCTION!OF!SMALL!CHILLERS!(<350!KW)!...........................................................!71! TABLE!36:!ESTIMATES!OF!GLOBAL!PRODUCTION!OF!LARGE!CHILLERS!(>350!KW)!............................................................!71! TABLE!37:!ESTIMATES!OF!GLOBAL!PRODUCTION!OF!CENTRIFUGAL!CHILLERS!...................................................................!72! TABLE!38:!PARTIAL!CONTACT!LIST!OF!MANUFACTURERS!AND!USERS!OF!COOLING!EQUIPMENT!USING!NATURAL!REFRIGERANTS!.!73! 4 $ A.$INTRODUCTION$ $ Just!as!there!was!no!single!“magic!bullet”!to!replace!CFCs,!there!is!no!single!solution!to!replace!HCFCs.! However,!there!is!a!wide!variety!of!environmentally!superior!and!technologically!proven!HCFC!and!HFCM