the cost of refrigerant leakage
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The Cost of Refrigerant Leakage
Typically…
Refrigerant Cost £300 $470 €350 8%(20kg R404a)
Repair Cost £500 $783 €585 17%
Stock Loss £1,000 $1,566 €1,170 34%
Carbon Cost £1,180 $1,848 €1,380 41%
TOTAL £2,980 $4,667 €3,485 100%
Figure 1:The financial impact of a refrigerant
leak over time
Operator business affected
Costs
(£)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Leak starts
Time
Buffer of refrigerant is used, efficiency tails off
System can no longer support cooling load
Consequentiallosses
Additionalenergy costs
Repaircost
Refrigerentloss
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