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Cooling Matters: Why CO₂ is the Natural Choice The evolution of Panasonic’s CO₂ Cold Chain Series
24/06/2022
Businesses across the world are
working hard to successfully deliver technologies to tackle climate change,
developing solutions that are efficient, deliver benefit, yet use alternatives
to conventional refrigerants. The process of CFCs replacement is accelerating
all over the world and phasing out Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) has become
an international responsibility.
This year’s World Refrigeration Day,
June 26th, supported by Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions,
focusses on the theme ‘Cooling Matters’ and Panasonic is committed to expanding
its portfolio of refrigeration solutions using the natural refrigerant CO2.
The story started with the
company introducing its first ever CO2 Cold Chain unit for retail
application in Japan back in 2010, and in Europe in 2017. Now, Panasonic is
proud to have a whole range of innovative refrigeration solutions, including
the most recent introduction of its medium- and low-temperature 4HP units,
launched at the start of 2022.
As a natural
refrigerant, CO2 has many advantages over other substances, such as:
· Very
good heat transfer coefficient
·
Relatively insensitive to pressure losses
·
Very low viscosity
· Low environmental impact
Due to its preferable performance
in heating and cooling, CO2 has become a hot research topic
worldwide. Indeed, it is one of the most promising natural refrigerants and is
expected to become one of the ideal refrigerants of the 21st century.
Panasonic’s growing range of
high-quality refrigeration solutions, powered by the natural refrigerant CO2
(R744), now provides cooling capacities from 2kW to 16kW. The units are an
ideal solution for a variety of refrigeration applications including chilled
cabinets, cold-rooms and freezers in food retail, hotels, convenience stores,
gas stations, healthcare (such as pharmaceutical laboratories), industrial
(food processing etc.) and warehouses.
The solution utilises natural CO₂ refrigerant which is not toxic or flammable like
various alternatives and has a ODP of 0 and GWP of 1, making it an extremely
attractive refrigerant from an environmental perspective as only natural
substances are released into the atmosphere in case of leakage. It also has
heat recovery capabilities for additional sustainability.
To find out more about
Panasonic’s CO2 Cold Chain series,
please visit www.aircon.panasonic.eu.