Manual for Refrigeration Servicing Technicians - UNEP - Division of ...

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Refrigerant Management
To implement a strategy for refrigerant management in a
country, it is essential to develop actions at field installations
level. Technicians in developing countries have a very
important role helping their countries to implement plans to
phase-out CFC and HCFC refrigerants, and also to decrease
emissions of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants.
This can only be achieved with the adoption of good practices
in refrigerant management, in handling and working with
refrigerants. This is the role of refrigeration and air conditioning
(RAC) technicians, and this is the focus of this manual.
In the end, one can say that we
should apply to refrigerants a general
concept that starts to be used
in waste management is the 4R
principle: Reduce the use, Recovery,
Recycling and Reuse. This can
be achieved through technology
development, making systems more
hermetic and with lower refrigerant
charge and through good practices
on refrigerant management. The last
is refrigeration technicians’ task and
this section provides some guidance
on that. We start with handling of
refrigerants.
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