The Chemours Company has expanded its refrigerants portfolio to include a new line of lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, the Opteon XL Series.
Chemours showcased this latest innovation in refrigerant technology at the 2016 Chillventa International Exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, earlier this month.
The Opteon XL Series will provide the refrigeration and air conditioning industry with very low GWP refrigerants that help further decrease CO2-equivalents to their lowest level in new equipment designs.
Classified as mildly flammable (ASHRAE/ISO Class 2L), these XL products allow much higher charge sizes than other more flammable refrigerants and can be safely used when following the applicable codes and standards.
The launch of the XL Series follows in the wake of Chemours’ successful launch of its Opteon XP Series at Chillventa 2014.
Chemours predicts that one thousand supermarket and commercial refrigeration systems worldwide will be using Opteon XP40 by the end of 2016, growing to as many as 10,000 systems by the end of 2020.
“The XP blends have gained broad market acceptance since their introduction in 2014, and Chemours continues to lead the way in refrigerant innovations with the new XL Series,” according to Diego Boeri, vice president of Chemours Fluorochemicals.
The Opteon XL Series is currently made up of five refrigerants: Opteon XL10, which replaces R-134a, Opteon XL20 and XL40, which replace R-22 and R-404A/507 and Opteon XL41 and XL55, which replace R-410A.
Each refrigerant has its own unique properties and should be chosen based on the need and application. For example, Opteon XL10 (R-1234yf) is the lowest GWP Opteon replacement for R-134a in new equipment designs.
Opteon XL20 (R-454C) is the lowest GWP replacement for R-404A and R-407C while XL40 and XL41 is suited to R-404A.
Opteon XL55 (R-452B) is a low GWP replacement for R-410A in new equipment designs, but with improved performance, excellent design compatibility with R-410A equipment and lower 2L flammability properties. Opteon XL55 has a GWP of 676.