R-134A
Tetrafluoroethane
The best replacement of R12 refrigerant fits in every criterion to punch the narrative of refrigerants depleting the ozone layer from a long time is R134a. The most common and wide range of utilizing refrigerant for domestic, industrial applications including centrifugal chiller and especially in automobile sectors stood when the damaging effect of CFC’s and HCFC’s begin observing in the ozone layer and environment.
It is a medium and high-temperature refrigerant which can be used in centrifugal, rotary screw, scroll and reciprocating compressors. Zero ODP (Ozone Depletion Layer) makes it a rhetoric win in advancement for refrigerants. Existing R12 equipment can be retrofitted with R134a refrigerant smoothly. Its Auto-Ignition Temperature is 770 °C, which let it be a suitable and powerful refrigerant for even refrigeration in industrial applications without any barrier.
Properties:
- Non-flammable, Non-toxic and good chemical stability
- Boiling point at 1 ATM is -26.1 °C
- Melting Point is -101 °C
- Molecular Weight is 102.03 g/mol
- ODP (Ozone Depletion Layer) – 0
- Critical Temperature is 101 °C
- Cylinder color code – Light Blue
- GWP (Global Warming Potential) = 1430
- Color – Clear, colorless
- Odor – Faint ethereal odor
R134a is an efficient refrigerant with an impeccable takeover on R12 refrigerant but when European union found it still not enough approach on a safe environment, they banned it on the vehicle starting from the year 2011 in many places. Still when there is any substitute, could mesmerize more efficiently than R12, than it’s the best choice. It also has an alternative, R1234yf.
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