Assessment of the commercial implications of ASHRAE A3 flammable refrigerants in air-conditioning and refrigeration systems

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 108 PART 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 757-767

  Goetzler, William J ^a   Dieckmann, John ^a  

^a TIAX LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERANTS;

HYDROFLUOROCARBON (HFC) REFRIGERANTS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0036455381     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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