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Recent seizures of illegal refrigerants in Europe show a problem that goes beyond market distortion. In many cases, laboratory analysis after system issues reveals a critical point: the product inside the cylinder does not correspond to what is declared. It may be a mixture of…
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For years, much of the discussion has been built around one question: What can replace R404A, R507A, R410A or other high-GWP refrigerants? That question remains useful. But it is becoming too narrow. The recent EPEE white paper on safety requirements exemptions under the revised F-gas…
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➡️ This may indicate a new phase in the illegal refrigerant market. With HFCs, much of the illegal traffic in Europe has been linked to quantities entering the market outside the quota framework. In many cases, the question was: ✔️ is this product entering the…
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For many of us, refrigeration usually means fluids, pressure, evaporation and compression. Even the current transition is mainly described as a fluid replacement process: hashtag#A1 refrigerants giving way to hashtag#A2L solutions, hashtag#CO₂, hashtag#R290 or hashtag#ammonia, depending on the application. ➡️ But this contradiction deserves attention.
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