Food City has installed Honeywell’s Solstice® N71 (R-471A) refrigerant in its Kodak, Tennessee, store. The solution is being used to cool the store’s beverage line-up while helping increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
Solstice N71 is Honeywell’s newest low-global-warming-potential (GWP), non-ozone-depleting, non-flammable refrigerant based on hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) technology. The solution is optimized for use in supermarkets, cold storage warehouses, industrial process refrigeration, ice rinks and convenience and drug stores. Honeywell assisted Food City with the installation in collaboration with Hussmann, Emerson and Danfoss.
Commenting on the project, John Keating, Vice President and General Manager, Stationary Refrigerants, Honeywell Advanced Materials, said, “With Solstice N71 up and running in Food City’s Kodak, Tennessee, store, customers will have access to fresh, chilled beverages at their convenience, made possible by refrigerant technology that is improving energy efficiency, reducing impact on the environment and keeping people safer. Solstice N71 is a major advancement for the refrigeration industry that is helping our customers accelerate their environmental transformation goals without sacrificing performance.”
The solution will help Food City comply with regulations to phase-down the production and consumption of high-GWP hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants, including those established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, the California Air Resources Board, and the European Union Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulation stemming from the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
