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Emission of Refrigerant R.134a from Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems

Annual Rate of Emission from Passenger-Car Air-Conditioning Systems up to Seven Yaers Old


The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Protection extends not only to the greenhouse-gases CO2, methane and nitrous oxide, but also to the fluorinated gases (f-gases) HFC, PFC and SF6. By far the most important of the fluorinated greenhouse gases is HFC, used mainly as a substitute for CFCs, while the most significant of the HFCs themselves is HFC 134a, accounting for about three-quarters of world production. Since HFC 134a is mainly used as a refrigerant, it is also called R-134a, 'R' standing for 'refrigerant'.


Number of pages 57 Year of publication Author(s) W. Schwarz Language English Other languages Deutsch
Project No. (FKZ) 360 09 006 Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 1.12 MB Print version not available

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