Phasing out HCFCs creates opportunities for the use of natural refrigerants in China

Phasing out HCFCs creates opportunities for the use of natural refrigerants in China

Output from circulation gidroftorhloruglevodorodov and revision of environmental legislation in 2015 created new opportunities for the use of natural refrigerants in air conditioning, heat pumps, commercial and industrial refrigeration systems in China, this ulyshali participants Ozone2Climate conference held at the conference China Refrigeration in Beydzhine (Beijing) on ​​Friday, 8 April.

"In China, natural refrigerants could contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lead to a blue sky,» Xiao Xuezhi, Deputy Director General of the Office of China's cooperation with foreign economies (FECO), said at the round table conference Ozone2Climate New China International Exhibition Center.
Under the Montreal Protocol, China agreed to cease production and consumption of HCFCs by 2030. China currently produces a large piece of equipment for HCFCs (92%) for developing countries. Therefore, their use will significantly reduce the impact of the universal.

Zhang Shigang, Coordinator of the United Nations Environmental Protection Programme of the Chinese office environment (UNEP), said at the roundtable that the purpose of the organization is to support the transition to the refrigerant with zero global warming potential and a low ozone depletion potential in China.
Zhong Zhifeng of the FECO told how introduced in 2016 the policy - including lists of recommended refrigerants to replace HCFC final proposals for the second phase of the withdrawal from circulation of HCFCs and revision of national standards for natural refrigerants - together predostaviliby significantly change the path to a more stable market refrigeration and conditioning systems.

Zhifeng prelpolagaet that natural refrigerants will occupy a strong position in the list of alternatives to replace HCFCs.
Jan Dusek, development manager of the company's business Shecco, Japan, sees the Chinese government, "which puts an increasing emphasis on the maintenance of the global market competitive excellence through improved energy efficiency and keeping up with the world's tehnologicheskiyh achievements."

"This could cause an increase in the use gidrouglevodorodov for air conditioning systems and embedded commercial refrigeration units, as well as the increase in consumption of CO2 heat pumps for water heating in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors," he said at a round table.
A study Shecco shows that more than 200 companies in China already offers its customers technology using natural refrigerants in 2015.

Trading furniture, vending machines, and bottle coolers are particularly fast-growing area with more than 750,000 pieces of equipment that uses CO2 or gidrouglevodorody in China.
"The use of natural refrigerants in commercial applications is small performance is stable direction razvitiyabolshinstva major economies," Dusek said, adding: "China - the fastest growing world markets of commercial refrigeration equipment."

"The use of natural refrigerants for vending machines and coolers of bottles contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thereby helping companies achieve their corporate goals," he says.