API src

Natural refrigerants - CO2-based air conditioning system put topractical testing

Description: The refrigerant commonly used in mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems is tetrafluoroethane, R134a for short. R134a has a high global warming potential (GWP), 1,300 times higher - according to more recent calculations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), even 1,430 times higher – than that of CO2. A car equipped with air conditioning produces additional emissions  corresponding to 7 grams of CO2 per driven kilometre by the continuous release of R134a from the system. As a result, MAC systems have been veritable climate offenders up to the present. Veröffentlicht in Hintergrundpapier.

Types:
Text(
    Publication,
)

Tags: CO2-Klimaanlage ? Klimaanlage ? Natürliches Kältemittel ? Kältemittel ? Tetrafluorethan ? Treibhauspotenzial ? Klimawandel ?

License: DCAT-AP.de Sonstige geschlossene Lizenz

Language: Englisch/English

Organisations

Issued: 2009-05-01

Resources

Status

Quality score

Accessed 1 times.