Honeywell’s Solstice N40 (R448A) refrigerant has been adopted by supermarket retailer Papaya Fresh Gallery for use in its stores across Indonesia.
In the first installation of the refrigerant in Indonesia, Papaya plans to work with Honeywell and Japanese commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Fukushima Galilei to retrofit the R404A refrigeration systems in its stores across the country.
Solstice N40 is an ASHRAE A1 (non-flammable) refrigerant with a GWP of 1273.
It is a significant drop from the previous refrigerant R404A which has a GWP of 3922.
Using the lower GWP R448A is also expected to help Papaya improve its refrigeration system energy consumption by 10 per cent.
Since its release in 2015, Honeywell said more than 30,000 stores around the world have adopted Solstice N40.
Director of Papaya Fresh Gallery, Ichihara Kazuo, said N40 was selected for its low GWP and because it is a non-flammable replacement for legacy HFCs.