XVI CONVEGNO EUROPEO R. Leportier - Proliferation of refrigerants

Latest Technologies in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - XVI European Conference Milano, 12th - 13th June 2015
16th
European Conference Politecnico of Milan
12-13th
of June 2015
ASERCOM’s Position on Proliferation of Refrigerants
Segmentation as a Crucial Factor for Success
Régis Leportier,
Technology Committee Chairman

About ASERCOM
Serving the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat
pump industry and its customers
Serving the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat
pump industry and its customers
Encouraging better environment protectionEncouraging better environment protection
Platform for addressing
scientific and technical
challenges
Platform for addressing
scientific and technical
challenges
ASERCOM
Association of European
Refrigeration Component
Manufacturers
ASERCOM
Association of European
Refrigeration Component
Manufacturers
Promoting &
contributing to
standards for
performance and safety
Promoting &
contributing to
standards for
performance and safety
• established in October 1992 as Association of European Refrigeration
Compressor Manufacturers

… approximately 75 expert delegates
in more than 15 WGs
Our Members

ASERCOM Activities
Alternative
Refrigerants
Alternative
Refrigerants Sustainable RefrigerantsSustainable Refrigerants Natural
Refrigerants
Natural
Refrigerants CO2 TechnologyCO2 Technology
Adequate lubricantsAdequate lubricants
Expert delegates to
standardization
committees
Expert delegates to
standardization
committees
Expert Groups to
European Commission
Expert Groups to
European Commission Position PapersPosition Papers
Standards &
Standardization
Standards &
Standardization EmissionsEmissions Energy EfficiencyEnergy Efficiency Regulations and
Directives
Regulations and
Directives
Industrial
Compressors
Industrial
Compressors
Household
Compressors
Household
Compressors Sound and VibrationSound and Vibration Phase out of
Refrigerants
Phase out of
Refrigerants
Statements / Guide-
Books
Statements / Guide-
Books SymposiaSymposia Certification of
Compressors
Certification of
Compressors
Certification of
Condensing Units
Certification of
Condensing Units

• The heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry
faces multiple challenges with the latest EU regulations coming into
force.
• Several Eco design regulations require minimum efficiency
performance standards for specific products.
• Those very same products are impacted by the HFC phase down of
the new F-gas regulation (EU) No 517/2014.
• ASERCOM strongly supports the new legislation and their resulting
environmental benefits.
• All ASERCOM members want to meet the regulatory challenges with
reliable solutions for their components and products.

• As of 2017/2018 the phase down will restrict available quantities to
93% and 63% respectively. These percentages have to be lowered by
another 11% to 82% and 52% respectively, incorporating the 11%
assumed import of pre-charged equipment into the EU.
• New product ranges have to show significant improvements in their
energy efficiency. At the same time these products are required to
use the optimized amount of refrigerant with the lowest possible
Global Warming Potential (GWP).
• The New Product Bans of F-gas regulation define GWP limits and a
logical consideration for GWP limits could be as following:

• In regards to Global Warming Potential (GWP), ASERCOM refrigerant
WG is proposing a rational approach for classification in relation to F-
gas New Products bans.

• There are currently around 300 different refrigerants on the market,
either established or under development.
• In analytical efforts to structure the HVACR products into relevant
groups or segments there are often a minimum of 40-50 different
segments defined.
• In addition these different segments need to be distinguished by a
minimum of 3 climate ranges (cold, average, warm climate).
• ASERCOM believes that an appropriate segmentation is critical to
success of CO2 emission reduction as all sector of activities might
provide necessary effort.

Emissionen/Segment (m tons CO2 eq)
126
133
107
95
75
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
Baseline
Chillers & hydronic
heat pumps
Stationary A/C and
heat pumps
Mobile A/C
Industrial refr.
Transport refr.
Commercial refr.
Domestic refr.

• Our current workshop on segment is all about not missing any
application by sector of activity but also in grouping them by
similarity in an appropriate manner looking for a dual scenario of
emission reduction.
• “Scenario A” would be linked to resulting effort in alternative
evaluation and CO2 emission reduction by choosing High GWP
alternatives named as Group 3 : <2500 and > 750.
• “Scenario B” Will identically evaluates efforts from component
development stand points by choosing medium GWP alternatives
named as Group 2 : <750 and > 150.

Yearly refrigerant emissions (m tons CO2 eq)
Yearly quantity (refrigerants in thousand tons)
Where C02 wins
market shares
ASERCOM’s Scenario of the
refrigerant development 2010-
2030
Commercial Refrigeration in Europe – Quantity refrigerants
Source: Asercom Refrigerant WG / SKM data base

• For each sub-segment, current refrigerant use and corresponding
refrigerant bank the goal is to define best sustainable alternative for
each scenario and GWP criteria.
• ASERCOM members covers all refrigerant molecules in order to best
meet the demands of their respective markets. This includes
"natural" fluids, such as R-744, R-600a, R-290 and R-717 (ammonia),
HFOs (under evaluation), as well as zeotropic HFC-HFO mixtures.
• In addition a lot of the new potential refrigerants are a mixture of
several molecules and are ultimately A2L, and have a higher glide.
The thermodynamic consequence of glide can result in some
significant deviation versus performance declaration.

• ASERCOM members are usually designing their products for a 15-20
years life expectancy. Most ASERCOM members have already, for
several years, been looking into refrigerant alternatives for some
applications.
• The product range development time is at least 12 months for a
simple qualification, and up to 3-4 years for a complete new
development. ASERCOM members are responsible for their products'
warranty in regards to full refrigerant qualification.
• This development effort can only be done for a few selected
refrigerants that show the highest potential in preliminary tests.

• Only with a very focused approach our industry will be able to
achieve the phase down targets within the given time frame.
• This can be achieved with an appropriate segmentation approach per
application. The evaluation of the sectors' relevant CO2 equivalent
impact weight, together with development prioritization of our
industry, will result in optimal results and will avoid doubling of
development without additional benefit.
• ASERCOM members know that the risk of the eventual proliferation
of molecules is significant.
• ASERCOM members will work together towards the common goal to
reduce direct and indirect CO2 emissions.

Thank You for Your Attention…
www.asercom.org

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