• Everest Air Enterprises

Refrigerant

Everest Air Enterprises, a leading provider of Automobile Air Conditioning, offers a Refrigerant, Mafron 134a. This is a non-ozone depleting HFC refrigerant with properties very similar to R-12. It can be used both as a pure refrigerant in a number of traditional R-12 applications and as a component in refrigerant blends targeted to replace R-502 and R-22. Applications include automotive air conditioning, chillers, medium temperature commercial refrigeration, refrigeration appliances, and transport refrigeration; blowing agent in manufacture of extruded polystyrene foam sheets for construction industry; and propellant in medicinal does inhalers (MDI). Compressor and system manufacturers are selling new equipment specifically designed for R-134a. In addition, Arkema’s laboratory testing and field trials have indicated R-134a will work in the retrofit of many existing R-12 and R-500 installations. Properties and performance: R-134a is designed to meet the needs of many air conditioning and medium temperature refrigeration systems. R-134a is a single component refrigerant rated A1 by ASHRAE (lowest levels of toxicity and flammability), having zero ozone depletion potential. Lubrication: POE or PAG (for auto A/C only) lubricants must be used with R-134a since it is not miscible with mineral oil or alkyl benzene lubricants found in many systems. Special care must be taken when using POE or PAG oils due to their hygroscopicity (moisture absorption) when left exposed to the atmosphere. When retrofitting, a lubricant flush procedure is necessary to reduce the original oil content below 5% of the total oil charge. New R-134a equipment will be charged with the OEM recommended lubricant, ready to use with R-134a.