Sentences with phrase «fluorinated gases»

Categories excluded are: non-CO2 emissions in buildings and transport, part of material efficiency options, heat production and cogeneration in energy supply, heavy duty vehicles, shipping and high - occupancy passenger transport, most high - cost options for buildings, wastewater treatment, emission reduction from coal mines and gas pipelines, fluorinated gases from energy supply and transport.

Many fluorinated gases have very high global warming potentials (GWPs) relative to other greenhouse gases, so small atmospheric concentrations can have proportionately large effects on global temperatures.

Many fluorinated gases are removed from the atmosphere only when they are destroyed by sunlight in the far upper atmosphere.

Unlike many other greenhouse gases, fluorinated gases have no natural sources and only come from human - related activities.

Because most fluorinated gases have a very long atmospheric lifetime, it will take many years to see a noticeable decline in current concentrations.

Industrial users of fluorinated gases can reduce emissions by adopting fluorinated gas recycling and destruction processes, optimizing production to minimize emissions, and replacing these gases with alternatives.

Like other long - lived greenhouse gases, most fluorinated gases are well - mixed in the atmosphere, spreading around the world after they are emitted.

To find out more about the role of fluorinated gases in warming the atmosphere and their sources, visit the Climate Change Indicators page.

Refrigerants used by businesses and residences emit fluorinated gases.

There are four main categories of fluorinated gases — hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).

HFCs are man - made fluorinated gases (F - gases) developed and commercialized to replace the chemicals that de ¬ plete the ozone layer.

Any projection of overall environmental impacts and emissions is complicated by the fact that several major applications retain the bulk of their fluorinated gases during their respective life cycles, resulting in the accumulation of significant stocks that need to be responsibly managed when these applications are eventually decommissioned.

Fluorinated gases.

Naturally occurring greenhouse gases (not fluorinated gases) are good in naturally occurring amounts; it's when people start contributing excessive amounts of them that greenhouse gases become a problem.

Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor, and fluorinated gases, act like a greenhouse around the earth.

The rule, Listing of Substitutes for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning and Revision of the Venting Prohibition for Certain Refrigerant Substitutes, lists four climate - friendly hydrocarbon refrigerants as «acceptable» substitutes for ozone depleting substances and other fluorinated gases which are hundreds and thousands of times more damaging to the climate than CO2.

In the period 1990 — 2005, fluorinated gases (F ‐ gases) were the most important non ‐ CO2 GHG source in manufacturing industry.

CO2 makes the largest contribution to global GHG emissions; fluorinated gases (F ‐ gases) contribute only a few per cent.

«It has 25 years of experience in addressing fluorinated gases and dealing with the industry sectors that are affected.»

Values for methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and fluorinated gases cover all sectors, including LULUCF, and come from the PIK database.

-- No later than March 31, 2014, the Administrator shall complete an assessment of the regulation of non-HFC fluorinated gases under this title to determine whether the most appropriate point of regulation is at the gas manufacturer or importer level, or at the source of emissions downstream.

If the Administrator determines, based on consideration of environmental effectiveness, cost effectiveness, administrative feasibility, extent of coverage of emissions, competitiveness and other relevant considerations consistent with the purposes of this title, that emissions of non-HFC fluorinated gases can best be regulated by designating downstream emission sources as covered entities with compliance obligations under section 722, the Administrator shall, after notice and comment rulemaking, change the definition of covered entity and the compliance obligations under section 722 with respect to non-HFC fluorinated gases accordingly, consistent with the purposes of this title, and establish such other requirements as are necessary to ensure compliance for such entities with the requirements of this title.

Requires the EPA Administrator to complete by March 31, 2014, an assessment of the regulation of non-HFC fluorinated gases to determine whether the most appropriate point of regulation is at the gas manufacturer or importer level or at the source of emissions downstream.

Requires the EPA Administrator to change the definition of «covered entity» and compliance obligations with respect to non-HFC fluorinated gases and establish other requirements if the EPA Administrator determines that such emissions can best be regulated by designating downstream emission sources as covered entities.

The main GHGs reported in inventories are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and fluorinated gases.

Other heavily fluorinated gases are very long - lived, almost permanent, in the atmosphere and are still being emitted.

Refrigerant gases containing hydrocarbons have a much lower global warming potential than fluorinated gases currently used in industrial refrigeration and air conditioning units.

Showing that it is possible to cut greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and energy usage will support the implementation of new standards and regulations on fluorinated gases.

«(C) the conversionary use, in 2012 or later, of fluorinated gases in a manufacturing process, including semiconductor research or manufacturing, if allowances or offset credits were retired for the production or importation of such gas.

The United States released 6,511 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2016 when CO2, methane, nitrogen oxides and fluorinated gases are added together.

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

«(i) is in one of the following industrial sectors: ethanol production; ferroalloy production; fluorinated gas production; food processing; glass production; hydrogen production; iron and steel production; lead production; pulp and paper manufacturing; and zinc production; and

«(C) the term «conversionary use» means the conversion during research or manufacturing of a fluorinated gas into another greenhouse gas or set of gases with a lower carbon dioxide equivalent value.

«(i) is in one of the following industrial sectors: ethanol production; ferroalloy production; fluorinated gas production; food processing; glass production; hydrogen production; iron and steel production; lead production; pulp and paper manufacturing; and zinc production; and

One option presented was a hydrocarbon unit from Gree, which uses propane instead of a fluorinated gas, reducing the global warming potential from 1,810 to three.

In India, five families own five large fluorinated gas companies that for years have sent representatives to the Montreal Protocol to lobby against eliminating HFCs.

The largest sources of fluorinated gas emissions are described below.

Overall, fluorinated gas emissions in the United States have increased by about 74 percent between 1990 and 2016.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee has produced a report on UK progress on reducing Fluorinated gas (F - gas) emissions.

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The EU Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases requires the refrigeration and air conditioning sectors to phase out the use of refrigerant gases with a high global warming potential by 2030.

The European Union is committed to control of fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) emissions, as part of the Kyoto Protocol.

GHGs include: CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride - the latter 3 are known as fluorinated greenhouse gases.

Companies in the industry have implemented a variety of emission reduction strategies, such as optimizing (i.e., fine tuning) their production processes to use and emit fewer fluorinated GHGs and switching to alternative input gases (for example, NF3), which are utilized more efficiently in the process, thereby emitting fewer fluorinated GHGs into the exhaust stream.

AM: HFCs are man - made fluorinated chemicals that do not deplete the ozone layer but are potent greenhouse gases.