nicholas cox, managing director earthcare products ltd
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
Very Environmentally Friendly split systems
The EHS Range of Hydrocarbon Chillers
Largest Chiller to date:Church House, Westminster, 650 kW Cooling, 2 x 20Kg R290
R290 Air Cooled Chillers – latest models
Buntingsdale School, Shropshire
Earthcare CWP21
R290 Ground Source heat pumps – latest models
Water-Cooled Integral Refrigeration Cabinets
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
The PED…
… & the Great Chinese Takeaway
EN378-2:2008
1.Check indoor unit minimum fan speed2.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.
Floor Standing Units – Banned!
Low Level wall Units – Banned!
Window Units – Banned!
Split Portables – Banned!
High Wall, ceiling, cassette & ducted – All OK!
EC Regulation No 842/2006 on Certain
Fluorinated 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
Kyoto Protocol - $4.7 billion ODS Subsidy
Dank U