What can I do?
There are three main solutions to the phase-out issue. The appropriate solution will largely depend on the age and condition of your equipment, Please contact us to discuss these options in greater detail as a site survey will be required.
Solutions are :
Retrofit
- Most efficient and cost-effective solution
- Only requires changing of elastomeric seals
- Oil kept and in some cases replaced
- Minimal effect on operational continuity
- To be considered for equipment in good condition
Refit
- Adaptation of system to work with HFC-blends, legally permitted
- Major parts of system are kept in some cases, in others they are changed
- System must be flushed entirely, often with a special flushing fluid and refilled with synthetic oil and new refrigerant
- To be considered for equipment in need of maintenance
- Also relatively expensive and cumbersome and requires a number of days of downtime
Replace or upgrade equipment
- To work with refrigerants, such as ammonia, CO2, hydrocarbons and/or HFC gases
- To be considered if equipment is very old and/or in bad condition
- But, it is relatively expensive and cumbersome and involves a long downtime.