All Products >> Refrigerant >>Puron. The Environmentally Sound Refrigerant

Product Details

The Puron. The Environmentally Sound Refrigerant.
Most air conditioners and heat pumps use a refrigerant known as R-22. Emissions of this refrigerant into the earth’s atmosphere are known to deplete the earth’s ozone layer that protects all living things from harmful rays from the sun.

Currently, in the U. S. alone, there are over 2,500,000 homes that enjoy comfort as a result of non-ozone depleting PuronĀ® refrigerant in their air conditioners or heat pumps. By choosing higher efficiency equipment that uses Puron refrigerant, you’ll enjoy enhanced comfort, more reliable products, money savings and environmentally sound operation all at once. At the same time, you’ll protect yourself from the potentially rising service costs associated with R-22 refrigerant.

Want to know more?

What is Puron Refrigerant?
Puron refrigerant is used in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump systems. It is the substance that helps the system remove heat from indoor air… and transfer that heat or cold to the outside air… the key to any comfort system. To see how a complete system works together to heat or cool, click on the ‘How a System Works’ button.

Chemically, Puron refrigerant is an environmentally sound 50/50 blend of two separate refrigerants, R-32 and R-125. Consumer products featuring Puron refrigerant were first marketed in 1996.

Families now have the choice to ask for an air conditioner or heat pump that uses the non-ozone depleting Puron refrigerant when buying a system for their home.

Why do you need a new refrigerant?
Puron refrigerant replaces other refrigerants that may cause the earth’s ozone layer to diminish. The United States agreed to provisions in the 1987 Montreal Protocol and instituted the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This law prescribes the phase out of ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) and HCFCs (Hydrochlorofluorocarbons).

Once targeted HCFC, R-22 refrigerant, has been used in residential and light commercial cooling systems for the past 60 years.

Will the costs of R-22 go up in the future?
In 2004, the Clean Air Act called for a 25 percent reduction in the supply of HCFCs. Like any other item, as supply is reduced, the costs for that item increases. In the year 2010, no new equipment may be manufactured that use R-22 refrigerant, which suggests that HCFC refrigerant is obsolete. Additionally, as HCFCs are further reduced, R-22 refrigerant may increase in cost. Additionally, as HCFCs are further reduced, R-22 refigerant may increase in cost as did R-12.

Won’t R-22 be around until 2020?
Probably not. Two independently published reports state that with production caps for 2004 and again in 2010, there will not be enough R-22 to meet service demands by the year 2015.

To hear an audio presentation about the decrease of R-22,
click the chart on the right.

How does a system works?
Regardless of the refrigerant used, air conditioners all basically work the same way. They absorb heat inside your home and then realease it outside.

Air conditioning relies on the principle that a fluid at low pressure will boil (or condense) at low temperatures but when the fluid is raised to higher pressures, it will boil or condense at higher temperatures.

What regulations affect my purchase decision?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star Program offers homeowners incentives for purchasing products with minimum efficiencies of 13.0 SEER, 11.0 EER or 8.0 HSPF. Additionally, minimum energy standards are changing, too. The U.S. Government has mandated a change in minimum SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) from 10.0 to 13.0 SEER, starting January 23, 2006.

What’s the bottom line?
By choosing higher efficiency air conditioner or heat pump equipment
that use Puron refrigerant, you’ll enjoy enhanced comfort, more reliable products, money savings and environmentally sound operation. At the
same time, you’ll be protected from the potentially rising maintenance
and servicing costs associated with R-22 based equipment.

For more information regarding high efficiency products featuring Puron refrigerant, visit the http://www.energystar.gov web site.

Today, two consumer brands of heating and cooling equipment offer
the brand of Environmentally sound Puron refrigerant.