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1988

Impact of CFC Regulations on Commercial

Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers
P. W. Likes
Hussmann Corporation

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Likes, P. W., "Impact of CFC Regulations on Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers" (1988). International Refrigeration
and Air Conditioning Conference. Paper 50.
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COM MERCI t1L REFRIGERATION EQliJPMENT MANUF ACTLIRERS

P W Likes
Hussmann Corporation
Bridgeton. Missouri 63044

This report was pre~ented to the Commercial Refrigerator Manufa

cturers Assoc1ation
on 12 January, 1981\ and pnlVldes a bnef description of
the elements to be
considered by commerc1a! refrigeration manufacturers as a result
of CFC regulation>.
The chief concerns of manufacturers mclude performance of
existmg installations,
redesign of products currently in production and design of new
products. Th1s paper
discusses the use of alternat1ve refngerants and substitutes
and the impact on
product design and development

IMPACT DE LA REGLEMENTA TION SURLES C:FC POUR LES

CONSTRUCTEURS D'EQUIPEMENTS FRIGORIFIQUES COMMERCIAUX
RESUME : Ce rapport a ete prcsente a Ia "Commercial Refrige
rator Manufacturers
Association" le 12 janvier 1988 et II decrit brievement lcs
eU~mcnts dont les
constructeurs de materiels frigorifiques commerciaux doivent
tenir compte par
application de Ia regie mentation sur les CFC. Les principaux soucis
des constructeurs
concernent Ia performance des installations existantes, la reconce
ption des produits
actuellemcnt fabriques et Ia conception de nouveaux produits.
Le rapport examine
!'utilisation de frigorigenes de remplacement et de substitu
ts et J'impact sur Ia
conception et Ia rn1se au point des produits.

This paper appear s in the July 1988 issue

of the IJR
on page 222.

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