The Chemours Company Opteon said its portfolio of low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants is increasingly being selected by leading global OEMs for use in retrofits and new equipment offerings.
The Smardt Chiller Group has announced the commercialization of XP10-based centrifugal chillers. Smardt's magnetic bearing centrifugal compressors became available this week.
Johnson Controls has also announced a chiller portfolio that is fully compatible with both R-134a and Opteon XP10 (R-513A) for York centrifugal and screw chillers.
These announcements add to the growing list of OEMs that have specified Opteon XP10, including Trane, which has announced commercial availability of its Sintesis air-cooled chillers, and Emerson and Bitzer, which have approved and listed XP10 for use in their compressors.
Opteon XP10 (R-513A) is a commercially available, non-flammable, low GWP hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) blend with a GWP of 573. XP10 has an excellent capacity and efficiency match to R-134a across a range of applications, including refrigeration, air conditioning, chillers and heat pumps.
Multiaqua, a ductless air-cooled water chiller OEM, has selected Opteon XL55 as its choice for a low GWP R-410A replacement. Opteon XL55, with an expected ASHRAE number of R-452B, is gaining significant interest from OEMs as the optimal low GWP R-410A replacement and is awaiting approval under the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program.
Chemours said XL55 has the lowest flammability compared to industry tested R-410A alternatives. Chemours unveiled XL55 at the 2015 International Congress of Refrigeration show in Yokohama, Japan. At that show, Trane exhibited the first air-cooled demonstration chiller, AquaTrine, designed for use with Opteon XL55.
Chemours Fluorochemicals global business director, Digo Boeri, said the continued adoption of the Opteon portfolio by major OEMs shows the significant shift that the industry has begun to adopt HFO solutions.
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