Honeywell will increase production of its low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerants, insulation materials, aerosols and solvents, and, prior to 2020, will achieve a 50% reduction in its annual production of high-GWP hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) on a CO2 equivalent basis.
The company projects that use of its low-GWP Solstice HFC replacements will eliminate more than 350m metric tonnes in CO2 equivalents by 2025, equivalent to removing 70m cars from the road for one year.
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The company and its suppliers anticipate spending nearly US$900m on R&D and new capacity, mainly in the US, in the coming years to produce next-generation refrigerants, insulation materials, aerosols and solvents, which have global warming potentials equal to or better than carbon dioxide and at least 99% lower than most technologies used today. Honeywell has invested nearly $350m to date and has announced that it and its suppliers plan to spend approximately $550m more to support the new products.
Honeywell has already reduced its CO2-equivalent fluorocarbon production by 30% since 2007 by converting legacy production assets to low-global-warming technologies. The company plans to reduce CO2-equivalent production of HFCs by an additional 50% over the next five years as customers throughout the world adopt new LGWP products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency and meet proposed tighter US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.
“Regulators around the world are taking steps to address climate change, and Honeywell is an industry leader in this area with technologies that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and an array of technologies that promote energy efficiency and cleaner energy production,” said Darius Adamczyk, president and chief executive officer of Honeywell performance materials and technologies.
Honeywell has developed a range of hydrofluoro-olefin (HFO) products with claimed extremely low global warming potentials – either equal to or less than carbon dioxide – that are safe, available now and capable of making a significant positive environmental impact. These products are alternatives to HFCs that are energy-efficient, safe to use, non-ozone-depleting and have a minimal global warming profile.
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By GlobalDataHoneywell’s Solstice line of HFOs include Solstice yf for automobile air conditioning, Solstice Propellant for aerosol applications, Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent and Gas Blowing Agent for foam applications and Solstice Performance Fluid for use as an industrial solvent. Each of these products has been approved under the EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) programme. Solstice yf is already being used in more than 1m vehicles, a number that is expected to double in 2014. Widespread adoption of Solstice yf would yield the equivalent environmental benefit of removing 30m automobiles from the roads worldwide.
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Material |
Atmospheric lifetime |
Global warming potential |
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Hydrofluoro-olefins (HFOs) |
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|
HFO-1234yf |
10.5 days |
Less than 1 |
|
HFO-1234ze |
16.4 days |
Less than 1 |
|
HFO-1233zd |
26 days |
Equal to 1 |
|
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) |
||
|
HFC-134a |
13.4 years |
1,300 |
|
HFC-152a |
1.5 years |
138 |
|
HFC-245fa |
7.7 years |
858 |
|
HFC-125 |
28.2 years |
3,170 |
|
Carbon dioxide |
||
|
CO2 |
Ranges from 5 to 200 years |
1 |
