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OVERVIEW OF WEBINAR

LIFE FRONT Project Overview (Dario Belluomini, shecco)

Literature Review & Market Survey (Klara Skacanova, shecco)

Experience from Heat Pump Manufacturer (Joachim Maul, ait-Deutschland)

New Approach for Determination of Maximum HC Charge Size Limits (Daniel Colbourne, engineer)


KLARA SKACANOVA

With background in public affairs and economics Klara joined shecco in 2011. Before joining shecco she worked at the European Commission and an association for small and medium-sized businesses.

Today, she leads the company’s market development team focusing on market research, policy analysis, funding projects and specialised campaigns with the objective of accelerating the adoption of climate friendly technologies across different world regions.


DARIO BELLUOMINI

Dario manages LIFE and Horizon 2020 projects in the Market Development team at shecco office in Brussels. A graduate in Development Economics (MSc) and European Integration (MA), he worked in Italy and Portugal on environmental issues as project assistant, before joining the Executive Agency for SMEs of the European Commission for a traineeship with the Coordination Unit of COSME.

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LIFE FRONT: FLAMMABLE REFRIGERANT OPTIONS FOR NATURAL TECHNOLOGIES

Webinar, 25 April 2018

Klára Skačanová

Market Development Manager

shecco

Dario Belluomini

Project Officer & Market Analyst

shecco

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PROJECT OVERVIEW


PROJECT OVERVIEWFULL TITLE: Flammable Refrigerant Options for Natural Technologies – Improved standards & product design for their safe use (FRONT)

Ø Co-funded under LIFE, the EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects throughout the bloc.

Ø Submitted under LIFE Climate Action - Climate Change Mitigation 2016 callØ Structured in 7 Actions (6 Work Packages (WP)) that run in parallel and build on each otherØ Read more at: lifefront.eu

DURATION: Ø Start: 15/06/2017 – End: 14/06/2020

PROJECT PARTNERS:

http://lifefront.eu/


OBJECTIVESLIFE FRONT aims to remove barriers posed by standards for flammable refrigerants in HVAC&R.

Key objectives:

Ø Support the EU and international standardisation process for flammable refrigerants

Ø Reduce safety risks from improved system design for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump

applications using flammable refrigerants

Ø Increase availability of alternatives to replace HFCs

Ø Engage in technology capacity-building for EU equipment manufacturers

Ø Remove non-technological knowledge barriers

Ø Improve Europe’s competitiveness for RACHP equipment using non-fluorinated refrigerant

alternatives

Ø Support an effective and timely achievement of the EU 2030 climate targets


EXPECTED PROJECT OUTPUTSØ Publish 6 public reports / guidelines for draft requirements for standards on

flammable refrigerants

Ø Participate in 20 standardisation meetings (working groups, technical committees)

at the EU specific, strategic and international level

Ø Conclude a 2.5 years field study on leak hole size and type per application + establish

a leakage size and simulation database

Ø Create and lead an EU-wide Standards Action Group (“FRONT”) on non-fluorinated

flammable refrigerants, gathering 50 experts in the RACHP industry and providing

capacity-building and activation of relevant stakeholders

Ø Provide 3 leading EU-based manufacturers (AHT, ait, NIBE) with a quantitative risk

assessment and prototypes of enhanced product safety features for 5 different units

of commercial refrigeration and heat pump models, as demonstration units for other

manufacturers to follow

Ø Reach 20,000 stakeholders worldwide with information on improved requirements

for flammable refrigerants


STANDARDS ACTION GROUP “FRONT”LIFE FRONT aims to create the Standards Action Group "FRONT”:

Ø a voluntary group of stakeholders interested in the development of EU and international standards on product, environmental or safety requirements for flammable refrigerants

The main expectation from participants will be to :

Ø join an online working group

Ø exchange valuable input vital to crucial stages and deliverables in the project

Ø contribute to draft requirements for standards.

The action will result in:

Ø high replicability and transferability of project results into members’ business activities via dissemination of best-practice methods.

Join the Standards Action Group at: lifefront.eu/get-involved/

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GET INVOLVED


PROJECT ACTIONS

Literature Review & Market Study: Standards & Technology for Flammable Refrigerants

Ø Mapping and analysing the current state of relevant European and international standards

Ø Market study mapping available technology and product groups using hydrocarbon refrigerants, their expected future availability, and the impact of standards on such market development

Leak analysis, gas concentrations & consequences

Ø Field study of types/cause/size of leaks and an online leak hole size & leak simulation database

Ø Laboratory study of leak mass flow rates and gas concentration measurements


PROJECT ACTIONS

Improved product safety design & quantitative risk assessment

Ø Re-design of prototype models according to the ”best practice” principles established

Ø Risk assessment to identify improvements in risk reduction associated with the implementation of new mitigation measures and sensitivity especially concerning incremental increase in charge sizes

Standardisation action & capacity-building

Ø Standards Action Group “Front”, a voluntary group of stakeholders interested in the development of EU and international standards on product, environmental or safety requirements for flammable refrigerantsØ Draft requirements for flammable refrigerant standards

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LITERATURE REVIEW & MARKET SURVEY


STANDARDS LITERATURE REVIEW

Primary barriers to flammable refrigerants in safety standards are mainly related to refrigerant charge size limits.

These limitations take shape as:

Ø Charge size limits for ‘human comfort’

Ø Charge restrictions for systems below ground

Ø 150g limit for systems installed without restriction of room size

Ø Charge size limitation for large systems



The current standards do not take account of risk mitigation measures in case of flammable refrigerants – these could increase the allowed refrigerant charge size while maintaining the same level of safety.

The review has determined that the following risk-mitigation measures are of use:

Ø Improved system tightness

Ø Systems with integral airflow

Ø Charge leak test method

Ø Housing design

Ø Sources of ignition test method



On-going revisions of international standards - potential to open up opportunities for hydrocarbons globally

IEC 60335-2-89 for commercial refrigeration

Ø Proposal to raise the max. charge limit for flammable refrigerants (e.g. propane from 150g to 500g)

Ø Final amended standard expected at the beginning of 2019

IEC 60335-2-40 for AC and heat pumps

Ø Proposal to increase allowable charge size for flammable refrigerants by implementing various mitigation measures while keeping the max. charge size

Ø Final amended standard expected in 2019-2022


MARKET SURVEY

Survey on availability of hydrocarbon-based products & impact of standards

Ø Running between 12 March – 30 April

Ø The survey results will be available to the public in early September

Ø Interested participants: system & component manufacturers, end-users, trade bodies, research community, NGOs, national authorities

Ø The results will remain anonymous and only aggregated data will be used to outline the current and future trends for hydrocarbons

Ø Participate now: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4150423/LIFE-FRONT-WP3-2-Survey

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4150423/LIFE-FRONT-WP3-2-Survey


MARKET SURVEY – SNEAK PEEK

Australia9%

USA14%

Germany9%

Italy8%

Belgium5%

United Kingdom8%

Other47%

Location of organisations

Small (1-50)36%

Medium (51-250)21%

Large (250+)43%

Size of organisations (number of employees)

165 complete and 237 partial responses so far



More than 50% of the respondents work with hydrocarbons

Out of those that do not work yet with hydrocarbons, 50% plans to start in the future

Ø Majority (70%) will start before 2020

201827%

2019-2043%

2021-2320%

Later10%

When are you planning to start working with hydrocarbons?



Over 50% of those working with hydrocarbons indicated they manufacture / acquire systems with multiple refrigeration circuits

2 circuits57%3 circuits

18%

4 circuits11%

5 and more circuits

14%

Max number of refrigeration circuits



0%19%

1-5%31%

6-10%12%

11-25%9%

26-50%14%

51-75%2% 76-100%

13%

Share of HC-based products TODAY

By 2020, if standards allow higher HC charges

Ø close to 31% of respondents indicated the share of HCs will grow to 76-100%

By 2020, if standards are not updated

Ø 60% of respondents indicated the share of HCs will be below 25%, but 21% still expect to have 76-100%



2/3 are willing to work with any charge as long as safety measures are taken care of

Yes87%

No3% Not sure

10%

Willingness to work with higher HC charges


JOACHIM MAUL

Joachim has studied mechanical engineering, specialized in fluid- and thermodynamics. He received his Ph.D in 1994 with a thesis on the behavior of chemical reactions on the surface of ceramic tiles during the re-entry of a capsule.

Starting after university as a R&D Manager for volume flow measurement techniques, his life with refrigerant circuits begins in 2000 with Rittal, where he was responsible from technical side for cabinet coolers and heaters. During that time he developed cabinet air conditioners with CO2 as a refrigerant. At the beginning of 2010 he joined Alpha-Innotec (now called ait-deutschland) as the Director R&D. In the last few years one of his important projects was the successful development and market introduction of a new generation of R290 heat pumps. Several patents and publications are a result of his work in different areas. Furthermore, Joachim is a member of several associations and different working groups especially for heat pumps.


DANIEL COLBOURNE

Dr Daniel Colbourne specialises in environmental, performance and safety aspects of alternative refrigerants and systems. He works on behalf of various organisations and companies, including GIZ Proklima, HEAT GmbH, UN agencies and various manufacturers and end users. He is a member to the UNEP refrigeration Technical Options Committee and various BSI, CEN, ISO and IEC working groups on refrigeration safety and a member of the Institute of Refrigeration Technical Committee.

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