How is the market of HFCs ?
The HFC Market is growing steadily. In many applications, HFCs offer the optimum solution, combining safety in usewith excellent technical performance. In systems /designed for low leakage rates and high energy efficiency they are often also the most environmentally acceptable solution. As a result, they are now the refrigerant of choice for many in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. Furthermore, because of their inherent safety characteristics, they are also being used by the pharmaceutical industry as propellants in medical aerosols such as asthma inhalers. It was always known there would be no technical panacea for the CFC substitution that a number of different solutions would be required and the market would therefore fragment. This has happened in Europe in the domestic refrigeration market, for example, where hydrocarbons are being used as well as, or in place of, HFCs. The reverse is true in the USA where hydrocarbons are not used in domestic systems because of fl
The HFC Market is growing steadily. In many applications, HFCs offer the optimum solution, combining safety in usewith excellent technical performance. In systems /designed for low leakage rates and high energy efficiency they are often also the most environmentally acceptable solution. As a result, they are now the refrigerant of choice for many in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. Furthermore, because of their inherent safety characteristics, they are also being used by the pharmaceutical industry as propellants in medical aerosols such as asthma inhalers. It was always known there would be no technical panacea for the CFC substitution that a number of different solutions would be required and the market would therefore fragment. This has happened in Europe in the domestic refrigeration market, for example, where hydrocarbons are being used as well as, or in place of, HFCs. The reverse is true in the USA where hydrocarbons are not used in domestic systems because of fl
