3azeez
04-02-2020, 04:05 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm a newbie and came across this forum through google search.
I have a question regarding air conditioning efficiency (its use of electricity to produce the desired cooling) in the future.
As I understood, many countries with high ambient temperatures prefer to stick with airconditionners that use R-22 refrigerant because of its efficiency in achieving the desired cooling temperature. Newer refrigerants as I understood are not as energy efficient in higher ambient temperatures.
Since R-22 is ozone depleting substance, I understood that the technology is being phased out and that soon air conditioners using it will be completely out of the market. If this is the case, what is it being substituted with? Is it of equivalent efficiency under high ambient temperatures? if not, are we expecting less efficient air conditioners in the future? or is there something being done to tackle this issue that might be coming out in the near future?
Thanks in advance.
I'm a newbie and came across this forum through google search.
I have a question regarding air conditioning efficiency (its use of electricity to produce the desired cooling) in the future.
As I understood, many countries with high ambient temperatures prefer to stick with airconditionners that use R-22 refrigerant because of its efficiency in achieving the desired cooling temperature. Newer refrigerants as I understood are not as energy efficient in higher ambient temperatures.
Since R-22 is ozone depleting substance, I understood that the technology is being phased out and that soon air conditioners using it will be completely out of the market. If this is the case, what is it being substituted with? Is it of equivalent efficiency under high ambient temperatures? if not, are we expecting less efficient air conditioners in the future? or is there something being done to tackle this issue that might be coming out in the near future?
Thanks in advance.