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Nicholas Cox, Managing Director Earthcare Products Ltd. Replacing R22 with HCs – Practical Experience Presented to: Atmosphere 2009 Hotel Amigo, Rue de l’Amigo, Brussels Monday 19 October 2009. Tests by the Building Research Establishment in Watford. Established 1997.
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Nicholas Cox, Managing Director Earthcare Products Ltd.
Replacing R22 with HCs – Practical Experience Presented to: Atmosphere 2009 Hotel Amigo, Rue de l’Amigo, Brussels Monday 19 October 2009
Largest Chiller to date: Church House, Westminster, 650 kW Cooling, 2 x 20Kg R290
Earthcare Cabinet using Hydrocarbon refrigerant • available in UK from November 2009 • Hitachi Compressors • energy consumption reduced by more than 15% • refrigerant emmissions reduced by over 6000% CO² equivalent
EN378-2:2008 • Check indoor unit minimum fan speed • Check minimum room volume according to the height of the equipment in the room • Based on 100 w/m² duty and 75 g R290/ KW capacity this new rule effectively bans the siting of R290 equipment for human comfort below a height of 1.5 meters in the room.
EC Regulation No 842/2006 on CertainFluorinated Greenhouse Gases • 1. Leakage Checking/Repairing • 2. Leakage Detection Systems • 3. Record Keeping • 4. Recovery • 5. Training And Certification • 6. Reporting • 7. Labelling • 8. Promotion Of Alternatives