Wilhelmsen Ships Service chooses Unicool R-417A as a cost-efficient option for replacing R-22 ozone depleting refrigerant
March 29, 2011
As ozone-depleting refrigerants are in the process of being phased out around the world, vessels are changing their refrigeration systems to meet the new legal requirements.
Wilhelmsen Shipping Service has chosen Unicool R-417A as a cost-efficient option for replacing R-22 ozone depleting refrigerant.
According to Product Marketing Manager Refrigerants Sten Rath, the challenge for the business is to navigate through the jungle of replacement alternatives offered from the world-wide chemical industry.
“As market leader for marine refrigerants, Wilhelmsen Ships Service has, through a series of activities like “Catch R-22″, prepared the industry for this change,”
Rath says.
“After performing in-house tests, Wilhelmsen Ships Service decided on Unicool R-417A in direct expansion systems across a variety of applications.”
Although Unicool R-417A is suitable for customers that prefer to use a single alternative, there are several operating vessel types (such as passenger ships) that call for optimal performance in a variety of large cooling system applications.
“In order to stock the ideal replacement alternative for each system, some customers need to carry several different types of refrigerants onboard,” Rath says.
“Acting on such requests Wilhelmsen Ships Service has expanded its range to include Unicool R-422D (ICEON 29 by DuPont) and Unicool R-427A (FORANE by ARKEMA).
“For customers who now have different refrigerant types on board the same vessel, all Unicool cylinders are clearly colour-coded and labelled to prevent the crew from charging the wrong gas into a system.”