HFC - 23, a byproduct in the manufacture of
the refrigerant hydrochlorofluorocarbon - 22 (HCFC - 22), is a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential that is 14,800 times that of CO2.
Not exact matches
In addition, it adopts a water - based cooling technology instead of using chemical
refrigerants such as chlorofluorocarbon and
hydrochlorofluorocarbon for cooling, thus making it safer and more environmentally - friendly.
They produce the
refrigerant HCFC - 22, a
hydrochlorofluorocarbon promoted by the Montreal Protocol as a replacement to more destructive ozone layer - eating substances.
HFC's are cousins to chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) and
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC's), two other classes of
refrigerants which are being eliminated under the Montreal Protocol, a 21 - year old treaty signed by 195 nations to control the gases that opened up a hole in the earth - protecting ozone layer of the atmosphere.
The latest edition, which is titled «Saving the Ozone Layer: Phasing Out Ozone Depleting Substances in Developing Countries,» includes a focus on
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are being phased out under the Protocol but are commonly used as both
refrigerants and foam blowing agents.
Leaking
refrigerants are a major cause of climate change because they predominantly consist of two families of synthetic manmade chemicals called
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)-- both ozone depleting substances and super greenhouse gases (GHGs)-- and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- powerful GHGs...
HFCs have been commercialized to replace ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)
refrigerants, which have been or currently are being phased - out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
In addition, it adopts a water - based cooling technology instead of using chemical
refrigerants such as chlorofluorocarbon and
hydrochlorofluorocarbon for cooling, thus making it safer and more environmentally - friendly.
The
hydrochlorofluorocarbon gases (HFCs) used in
refrigerants that replaced chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were destroying the ozone layer, are anywhere from 146 to 12,500 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in their global warming potential.