Refrigerants and their Environmental Impact Substitution of Hydro Chlorofluorocarbon HCFC and HFC Hydro Fluorocarbon. Search for an Adequate Refrigerant

• Published in: Energy procedia Vol. 18; pp. 807 - 816
• Main Authors: Benhadid-Dib, Samira, Benzaoui, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2012
• Subjects: conserving; cryogenic-conserving; HCFC alternatives; refrigerants; seeds; solar energy; HCFC alternatives; cryogenic-conserving; solar energy; refrigerants; conserving; seeds
• ISSN: 1876-6102; 1876-6102
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.096

Globally, the production of cold housing is seen as a major energy challenge of this new century. The economic development of developing countries, submitted their majority in hot climates, will lead to a growing demand chilling requirements. Yet currently, the production of cold solutions is mainly based on refrigeration systems major consumers of electrical energy.It is then necessary to prepare socio-economically acceptable solutions tailored to meet those needs without compromising future international commitments on the protection of the environment, particularly for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and better protection of the ozone layer by use of refrigerants neutral. For some years now, because of their impact on the environment, the use of halogenated refrigerants has been progressively subject to quotas. In this context, the use of “natural” refrigerants becomes a possible solution. We introduce in this work the merit of redeploying these natural refrigerants as an alternative solution to replace halogenated refrigerants. The solution to the environmental impacts of refrigerant gases would therefore pass by a gas which contains no chlorine no fluorine and does not reject any CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, in brief a green gas! The aim of our project is to contribute to the protection of our environment. Our motive being to produce cold for freezing foodstuffs and seeds, safeguarding pharmaceuticals and cooling of premises: temperature conditions, air qualities controlling and producing. This work is also concerned by a contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gases and by the replacement of the polluting cooling fluids (HCFC). It is essentially the refrigeration at low temperatures, lower than (-20°C), using the solar thermal energy, in order to improve the quality of life for many people especially in arid and semi arid regions in our country.