R134a succeeded R12 almost 30 years ago due to the latter's potential for damaging the ozone layer. In recent years, certain automakers turned to R1234yf. Although it's better for the environment, ...

TO RALLY public opinion against fluorine-based refrigerants, a German environmental group has recorded a car crash and staged a series of tests purporting to prove that a newly developed automotive ...

LONDON — Rajiv Singh started thinking about how to do his part to fight global warming 15 years ago. Singh, a scientist at Honeywell’s lab in Buffalo, N.Y., began running computer models of tens of ...

Refrigerant gases are undergoing a rapid transition as the industry moves away from older, high-global warming potential (GWP ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran July 18, 2013 Comment Now! Late last year concerns over the harmful effects of a new type of refrigerant, R1234yf, used in car air conditioners and shown by Mercedes-Benz to be ...

In February, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued final approval of HFO-1234yf as a refrigerant for air conditioners in new cars and light trucks. It eventually will likely replace R-134a, ...

Daimler engineers have found that under certain conditions, the new internationally recognised R1234yf refrigerant can be flammable. The company says it has alerted the relevant authorities to the ...

EPA has again revised standards for refrigerant used in vehicles. R-12 refrigerant (aka “Freon”) was the go-to coolant for more than 50 years. Then it was discovered that chlorine atoms in escaped ...