Mo Zhilu, executive director of the China Energy Conservation Association and chairman of Luzhi Company, recently stated that China should speed up the elimination of HCFC refrigerants that contain HCFCs and use new environmentally friendly hydrocarbons as refrigerants.
It is reported that natural hydrocarbon-based natural refrigerants have been used for more than 30 years in foreign countries. At present, hydrocarbon refrigerants are the leading technologies for energy-saving and environmentally-friendly refrigerants in Europe and the United States, and Singapore, India, and Malaysia have also been central air-conditioning and components. Carbon-hydrogen refrigerants are widely used in large-scale energy-consuming refrigeration equipment such as air conditioners.
Hydrocarbon refrigerants do not damage the ozone layer, have no greenhouse effect, and are completely environmentally friendly. Some air-conditioning manufacturing companies in China are now reconstructing the production line of demonstration projects.
According to the “Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer†and the “Montreal Protocol†for short, the main task is to “accelerate the phase-out of HCFCs, that is, HCFCs,†and by 2030, stop the use of HCFCs. HCFC is currently the largest remaining group of ozone-depleting substances, mainly used for refrigerants, cleaning agents and so on.
It is reported that China's recent development of a new generation of Luzhi hydrocarbon refrigerant products is only about 45% of the traditional refrigerant consumption, more economical, and the freezing point is low, the latent heat of evaporation is greater, making the cooling rate per unit time faster. With the same cooling effect, the average energy saving rate reaches 20%-43%.