Key Messages 9
Refrigerants 9
Domestic appliances 9
Commercial refrigeration 9
Industrial systems 10
Transport refrigeration 10
Air-to-air air conditioners and heat pumps 10
Water heating heat pumps 10
Chillers 11
Vehicle air conditioning 11
Sustainable refrigeration 11
Abstract Executive Summary 13
Refrigerants 13
Domestic appliances 13
Commercial refrigeration 14
Industrial systems 14
Transport refrigeration 15
Air-to-air air conditioners and heat pumps 15
Water heating heat pumps 16
Vehicle air conditioning 17
Sustainable refrigeration 18
Executive Summaries of all Chapters 19
Refrigerants 19
Domestic appliances 19
Commercial refrigeration 20
Industrial systems 21
Transport refrigeration 21
Air-to-air air conditioners and heat pumps 22
Water heating heat pumps 23
Chillers 24
Vehicle air conditioning 24
Sustainable refrigeration 26
1 Introduction 29
1.1 Montreal Protocol developments 29
1.2 The UNEP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 30
1.3 The Technical Options Committee Refrigeration, A/C and Heat Pumps 33
1.4Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps 35
2 Refrigerants 41
2.1 Introduction 41
2.2 Refrigerant descriptions 47
2.3 Data summary 52
Table 2-9: Data summary for azeotropic refrigerant blends 55
2.4 Concluding remarks 57
2.5 References 57
Annex to chapter 2 - safety standards and regulations 62
References 66
3 Domestic appliances 69
3.1 Introduction 69
3.2 Options for new equipment 70
3.3 Options for existing domestic refrigerators 76
3.4 End-of-life disposal 77
3.5 Concluding remarks 77
3.6 References 77
4 Commercial refrigeration 83
4.1 Introduction 83
4.2 Applications 83
4.3Options for new equipment 84
4.4 Options for existing equipment 93
4.5 References 94
5 Industrial systems 98
5.1 Introduction 98
5.2 Applications 102
5.3 options for new equipment 106
5.4 Options for existing equipment 109
5.5 Service requirements 111
5.6 Concluding remarks 111
5.7 References 111
6 Transport refrigeration 116
6.1 Introduction 116
6.2Options for new equipment 116
6.3Options for existing equipment 121
6.4 Concluding remarks 123
6.5 References 123
Annex to Chapter 6 126
7 Air-to-air air conditioners and heat pumps 134
7.1 Introduction 134
7.2 Equipment types 135
7.3 Options for new equipment 138
7.4 Options for existing equipment 146
7.5 High ambient considerations 149
7.6 Concluding remarks 154
7.7 References 154
8 Water heating heat pumps 166
8.1 Introduction 166
8.2Heat pump types, implications and trends 166
8.3 Options for new equipment 169
8.4Refrigerant charge Levels 173
8.5 Options for existing systems 173
8.6 Concluding remarks 173
8.7 References 174
9 Chillers 177
9.1 Introduction 177
9.2 Types of equipment and applications 178
9.3Options for new equipment 179
9.4Options for existing chiller equipment 184
9.5 Alternatives for high ambient conditions 186
9.6 Concluding remarks 186
9.7 References 187
10 Vehicle air conditioning 193
10.1 Introduction 193
10.2 Description of systems and current and future applications of mobile air conditioning systems 193
10.3 Options for New and Future Mobile Air Conditioning Systems 196
10.4 Options for existing Systems 205
10.5 Concluding Remarks 205
10.6 References 206
Annex to Chapter 10 213
11 Sustainable refrigeration 221
11.1 Introduction 221
11.2 Sustainability applied to refrigeration 221
11.3 Direct impact of refrigerants 224
11.4 Indirect impacts due to energy use 229
11.5 Equipment life cycle considerations: equipment design, operation, maintenance, and end-of-life 230
Annex 1 - TEAP Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee (RTOC) - Membership status 12/14 235
Annex 2 - Contact details for authors, co-authors and contributors to the 2014 RTOC Assessment Report (to be completed) 237