Hydrocarbon refrigerants cause controversy What do the Chinese people worry about?

Introduction: The future of hydrocarbon refrigerants is bound to move in a more environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and safer direction. Like computers, we do not need to buy laptops because we are afraid of the popularity of 3G or 4G mobile Internet access. Fear of being replaced and refusing to use hydrocarbon refrigerants.

Hydrocarbon refrigerants will gradually replace fluorine-containing refrigerants. Once this policy signal was released, the originally refrigerant-related markets that had already diverged were quickly divided into two camps, "positive and negative," and an open debate was brewing. The focus of the debate between the two sides is that the practical word is enough to describe the “people”.

Who in the end is the “pros and cons” debate?

In this controversy, the fact that the camp of hydrocarbon refrigerants forms a “square” is based on the environmental protection industry, the R&D and production of hydrocarbon refrigerants, and upstream and downstream manufacturers. This group of people insists that hydrocarbon refrigerants are the most natural and rapidly available natural-free fluorine-free refrigerants on the market, and that they have 15-30% of the air-conditioning energy-saving ratio that other refrigerants cannot match. For a long period of time, it will have a two-way promotion effect on China’s environment and economy. “If it is popularized in China, it can greatly reduce the development investment in power stations and coal mines.”

In stark contrast to this, the “opposite side” pessimistically believes that in the past 5 years, China has successively replaced three refrigerants such as CFC, HCFC, and R410a refrigerant. The sought after hydrocarbon refrigerants have hidden dangers due to their safety performance, and eventually they will be able to escape the fate of being eliminated.

The controversy between the above two camps actually appeared as early as June of this year. At the time, Gree Electric's president Dong Mingzhu broke the news that China's "non-fluorinated air conditioners nowadays are actually fluorinated," which was followed by blunt counterattacks by a number of non-fluorinated air conditioner manufacturers including Galanz. Experts pointed out this point: At present, refrigerants including hydrocarbons, including ammonia and carbon dioxide, are truly free of fluorine.

Why did experts evacuate the safety education of China's hydrocarbon refrigerants?

"In essence, these two camps have affirmed the green characteristics of hydrocarbon refrigerants. The current debate is actually - whether hydrocarbon refrigerants are safe in the end? Will they be replaced in a short time?" The analysis of Forrest Lundgren, head of Haizhiou (China), known as "carbon-hydrogen refrigerant air-conditioning energy-saving solution" pointed out.

It is reported that due to the low ignition point of hydrocarbon refrigerants, it is very easy to produce explosions if they are not handled properly (such as an open flame). This is also why some decision makers of enterprises know the environmental protection and energy conservation of hydrocarbon refrigerants, but they keep watching and delaying replacement.

"Quality is the life of hydrocarbon refrigerants, and safe operation is the guarantee of life. As long as the proper operation is carried out during the replacement and use, the above explosion and other hidden dangers can be completely eliminated," said an air conditioner manufacturer. Foreign advanced experience may provide some lessons. It is reported that in developed countries, especially Australia, the local government has strict requirements on the operation procedures of hydrocarbon refrigerants and maintenance technicians, and the accidents adopt a layered responsibility system to ensure that the accident rate has been kept at a fairly low level. In contrast, China's hydrocarbon refrigerant market has been in a state of chaos for a long time, and installation workers have even appeared in the air-conditioner room to ignite smoking. In addition, the sense of safe use of users as end-users is still “marginal”. Safety education needs to be strengthened.

Haiziou (China) is a model for safety education. As a well-known brand that has been operating abroad for many years, Haizhiou has rich experience in installation process and equipment commissioning. It frequently "instills" safety procedures and precautions into the ears of installers, maintenance personnel and end-users. Large air-conditioning power consumption, non-technical personnel is forbidden to enter the air-conditioning room, is strictly prohibited open flame, keep ventilation, prevent refrigerant leakage; for split air-conditioning users, stressed that air-conditioning host should be placed outdoors. "In addition, hydrocarbon refrigerant manufacturers should be careful to find partners, distinguish those organizations that are only benefit but lack safety awareness, and ensure the safe use from the source of the manufacturers." It is reported that Haizhiou (China) has entered the Chinese market for many years. At present, there has been no report on the use of fire accidents.
Where will the alternative hazardous hydrocarbon refrigerant go?

Technical products are often replaced by technology upgrades. It has been reported in the media that Chinese refrigerants have replaced four types in five years. The rapid frequency has caused people to worry about how long the life cycle of hydrocarbon refrigerants can last. In addition to the controversy over the hidden dangers of the above-mentioned safety performance of hydrocarbon refrigerants, the future of hydrocarbon refrigerants is increasingly confusing.

The data show that hydrocarbon refrigerants have been popularized abroad for many years. In order to find safer, energy-saving and environmentally friendly varieties, leading manufacturers from the technical point of view, well-known refrigerant manufacturers are mostly racked their brains, however, until today, as a multinational giant DuPont And Honeywell still has not developed a true alternative to fluorine-free environmentally-friendly refrigerants, and as one of the top seven hydrocarbon-hydrocarbon refrigerant manufacturers in the world, the Australian sea gull brand can only improve and optimize hydrocarbon refrigeration. Work hard.

“The future of hydrocarbon refrigerants is bound to go in a more environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and safer direction. Like computers, we don’t have to worry about buying 3G or 4G mobile phones and not buy laptops, and we don’t have to be scared. It was replaced by a refusal to use hydrocarbon refrigerants,” said a person in charge of a hotel in Shenzhen who worked with Haizhiou to conduct an overall energy-saving renovation of the hotel.