OzoNews Volume XIX, 30 January 2019 Issue

OzoNews is a fortnightly news update on the implementation of the Montreal Protocol produced by OzonAction. 

In this issue: 1. ASHRAE & UNEP-OzonAction launch new joint workplan promoting management of refrigerants in developing economies 2. Dumping of obsolete air conditioners undermines development and climate goals 3. Uncovering the Ozone Hole - Podcast 4. Gov't to get tough on HFC refrigerant violations (Japan) 5. Flammable Refrigerants Safety Guide - AIRAH 6. The Supreme Council for the Environment signs the institutional support agreement with the United Nations Environment Program (Bahrain) 7. Clean cooling technology in Jordan is a first for the Middle East 8. European Commission issued standardization request for a new European standardization deliverable in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment 9. New Refcom guidance sets out post-Brexit implications for F-Gas 10. How to avoid counterfeit, illegal refrigerants

https://www.unenvironment.org/ozonaction/resources/ozonews/ozonews-volume-xix-30-january-2019-issue

Is your Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician Professionally Certified?

What Gas?

Get OzonAction's latest mobile application - "WHAT GAS?" and search OzonAction's chemicals database of ODS, HFCs and their alternatives. Customs and Enforcement officers can quickly obtain additional information when handling shipments of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol. National Ozone Officers and stakeholders will find this tool handly and helpful.

'WHAT GAS?' will help you quickly find the following information on any specific refrigerant and other chemicals:

• Chemical name, formula, and type
• ASHRAE designation
• Trade names
• HS code
• CAS and UN numbers
• Montreal Protocol Annex and Control measures
• Ozone depleting potential (ODP)
• Global warming potential (GWP)
• Blend components
• Toxicity and flammability class
• Main uses

http://web.unep.org/ozonaction/resources/mobile-apps

REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING TECHNICIAN VIDEO SERIES

UN Environment OzonAction has launched an exciting new mobile application consisting of a series of short instructional videos on techniques, safety and best practice for refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) technicians. This serves as a complementary training tool for technicians to help them revise and retain the skills they have acquired during hands-on training. The app is part of OzonAction’s portfolio of activities and tools to help enhance the knowledge and skills of technicians in the servicing and maintenance of RAC systems.

OzonAction provides assistance to various stakeholders in developing countries, including technicians, to achieve and maintain compliance with the Montreal Protocol. The videos were produced in collaboration with Bundesfachschule Kälte Klima Technik.

The videos cover the following topics:

• Basic Tools
• Copper Tube Handling
• Bending
• Copper-Copper Connections
• Copper-Brass Connections
• Flaring
• Press-Fit Connections
• Leak Detection (soap solution)
• Evacuation
• Refrigerant Charging
• Connecting RAC Unit to Manifold
• Electronic Leak Detection
• Refrigerant Recovery
• Thermal Insulation
• Preparing the Cables

http://web.unep.org/ozonaction/resources/mobile-apps

Advisory on 2019 Controls on Import and Export of Refrigerant and related Equipment

The following table identifies companies which have a quota for 2019 for the import of HCFC22 and HCFC 123 and its blends.

Importer	R22	R123
Climate Control Ltd.	✔
Comfort Engineering Ltd.	✔	✔
General Appliances Parts and Services	✔
Maraj Air Conditioning Ltd.	✔
Peakes Technologies Ltd.	✔	✔
Premier Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd.	✔
Ranke Ltd.	✔
Servair Ltd.	✔	✔
Koolmax Ltd.	✔
Atlantic and Gulf Services Ltd.	✔
Clamens and Associates (2000) Ltd.	✔	✔

Kindly be reminded that:

As of January 2008 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and all its blends, all Halons and Carbon Tetrachloride can no longer be imported

As of January 2015 Methyl Bromide can no longer be imported unless for use in Quarantine and PreShipment (and only in allowances of 1 tonne per import and verification of use by Plant Quarantine)

The following gases can also no longer be imported:

R142b and its blends (includes R405, R406, R409, R412, R414, R420)

R124 and its blends (includes R401, R409, R414, R416) 

R415B

·       HCFC 141B (used in foam blowing or as a refrigerant)