Nicholas Cox, Managing Director

Earthcare Products Ltd.

Replacing R22 with HCs – Practical Experience

Presented to:

Atmosphere 2009 Hotel Amigo, Rue de l’Amigo, Brussels

Monday 19 October 2009

Tests by the Building Research Establishment in Watford

Established 1997

Very Environmentally Friendly split systems

The EHS Range of Hydrocarbon Chillers

Largest Chiller to date:Church House, Westminster, 650 kW Cooling, 2 x 20Kg R290

R290 Air Cooled Chillers – latest models

Buntingsdale School, Shropshire

Earthcare CWP21

R290 Ground Source heat pumps – latest models

Water-Cooled Integral Refrigeration Cabinets

Earthcare Cabinet using Hydrocarbon refrigerant

• available in UK from November 2009

• Hitachi Compressors• energy consumption

reduced by more than 15%

• refrigerant emmissions reduced by over 6000% CO² equivalent

The PED…

… & the Great Chinese Takeaway

EN378-2:2008

1.Check indoor unit minimum fan speed2.Check minimum room volume according to

the height of the equipment in the room

Based on 100 w/m² duty and 75 g R290/ KW capacity this new rule effectively bans the siting of R290 equipment for human comfort below a height of 1.5 meters in the room.

Floor Standing Units – Banned!

Low Level wall Units – Banned!

Window Units – Banned!

Split Portables – Banned!

High Wall, ceiling, cassette & ducted – All OK!

EC Regulation No 842/2006 on Certain

Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases

•1. Leakage Checking/Repairing•2. Leakage Detection Systems•3. Record Keeping•4. Recovery•5. Training And Certification•6. Reporting•7. Labelling•8. Promotion Of Alternatives

Kyoto Protocol - $4.7 billion ODS Subsidy

Dank U