Chemours announced that Axima Refrigeration France, a company of ENGIE Axima, a contractor in HVAC, refrigeration and fire protection, and headquartered in Paris, has chosen to partner with Chemours to evaluate the use and future adoption of Opteon XL low global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerants in commercial refrigeration before the next European F-Gas HFC cap and phasedown in 2021. As a first step towards the reduction of CO2 quota, Axima Refrigeration France has already adopted Opteon XP40 (R-449A) for retrofitting existing R-404A systems.
The collaboration between Chemours and Axima Refrigeration France around the future adoption of Opteon XL refrigerant aims at providing the commercial refrigeration market with long-term solutions under the F-Gas regulation that have a low environmental impact while ensuring performance, safety, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Both companies are committed to jointly investigate the use of A2L refrigerants in commercial refrigeration and support the transition by performing trials and developing case studies, as well as best practices they will be jointly delivering through training.
The recent adoption of Opteon XP40 (R-449A) by Axima Refrigeration France is the first step towards this transition and enables the company to ensure its customers business continuity. Opteon XP40 (A1 class refrigerant) is currently the refrigerant of choice among supermarkets, retailers, contractors, distributors and end-users in the EU for retrofit, delivering performance with a more sustainable environmental footprint, and offering over 65 per cent reduction in GWP.
“Our two companies share the same objective to help the commercial refrigeration market prepare for the 2021 HFC phasedown that will reduce the CO2 by 55 per cent,” says Diego Boeri, Vice-President, Chemours Fluorochemicals.
