Evaluation of the possibilities of substituting potent greenhouse gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6)

Appendix A:
Refrigerants and refrigerant mixtures

The table below shows the most common refrigerants consisting of single substances.

Substances

R-number

Chemical formula

ODP value

GWP value (100 years)

Halon-1301

R-13B1

CBrF3

10

5,600

CFC-11

R-11

CFCl3

1.0

4,000

CFC-12

R-12

CF2Cl2

1.0

8,500

CFC-115

R-115

CClF2CF3

0.6

9,300

HCFC-22

R-22

CHF2Cl

0.055

1,700

HCFC-124

R-124

CF3CHClF

0.03

480

HCFC-142b

R-142b

C2H3F2Cl

0.065

2,000

HFC-23

R-23

CHF3

0

11,700

HFC-32

R-32

CH2F2

0

650

HFC-125

R-125

C2HF5

0

2,800

HFC-134a

R-134a

CH2FCF3

0

1,300

HFC-143a

R-143a

CF3CH3

0

3,800

HFC-152a

R-152a

C2H4F2

0

140

HFC-227ea

R-227ea

C3HF7

0

2,900

PFC-14

R-14

CF4

0

6,500

PFC-116

R-116

C2F6

0

9,200

PFC-218

R-218

C3F8

0

7,000

Isobutane
(HC-600a)

R-600a

CH(CH3)3

0

3

Propane
(HC-290)

R-290

C3H8

0

3

Ethane
(HC-170)

R-170

C2H6

0

3

Ethene
(ethylene)

R-1150

CH2CH2

0

3

Propylene
(HC-1270)

R-1270

C3H6

0

3

Ammonia

R-717

NH3

0

0

Carbon dioxide

R-744

CO2

0

1

Air

R-729

-

0

0

Water

R-718

H2O

0

0


The table below shows refrigerant mixtures in the 400 series (zeotropic mixtures). The ODP and GWP values can be calculated on the basis of the values for the substances in the table for single substances, weighting on the basis of the mixture ratio between the individual substances.

R-number

Substances

GWP value (100 years)

Concentration in weight-%

R-401A

HCFC-22/HFC-152a/HCFC-124

1,082

53/13/34

R-402A

HCFC-22/HFC-125/HC-290

2,326

38/60/2

R-403A

HCFC-22/PFC-218/HC-290

2,675

75/20/5

R-403B

HCFC-22/PFC-218/HC-290

3,682

56/39/5

R-404A

HFC-143a/HFC-125/HFC-134a

3,260

52/44/4

R-406A

HCFC-22/HC-600a/HCFC-142b

1,755

55/4/41

R-407C

HFC-32/HFC-125/HFC-134a

1,526

23/25/52

R-408A

HCFC-22/HFC-143a/HFC-125

2,743

47/46/7

R-409A

HCFC-22/HCFC-142b/HCFC-124

1,440

60/15/25

R-410A

HFC-32/HFC-125

1,725

50/50

R-412A

HCFC-22/HCFC-142b/PFC-218

2,040

70/25/5

R-413A

HFC-134a/PFC-218/HC-600a

1,774

88/9/3

R-414A

HCFC-22/HCFC-124/HCFC-142b/HC-600a

1,329

51/28.8/16.5/4

R-415A

HCFC-22/HFC-23/HFC-152a

1,966

80/5/15


The table below shows refrigerant mixtures in the 500 series (azeotropic mixtures).

R-number

Substances

GWP value
(100 years)

Concentration in weight-%

R-502

CFC-115/HCFC-22

5,576

51/49

R-507

HFC-143a/HFC-125

3,300

50/50

R-508A

HFC-23/PFC-116

10,175

39/61

R-508B

HFC-23/PFC-116

10,350

46/54

R-509A

HCFC-22/PFC-218

4,668

44/56