DURACOOL Refrigerants guarantees that DURACOOL® products will perform as efficient refrigerants, and will not harm any air-conditioning or refrigeration components and equipment if used in accordance with the manufacturers directions and instructions.
Differences Between Duracool and HFC-134a
| DURACOOL® | HFC-134a |
| Negligible Global Warming Potential (GWP) = 8 | Global Warming -GWP=1300 (USEPA) -GWP=3200 (Greenpeace) |
| Non-Ozone Depleting | Non-Ozone Depleting |
| Organic materials only | Synthetic, man-made chemicals |
| Compatible with mineral & synthetic oils | Operates with Synthetic oils ONLY.Not compatible with Mineral oils.Synthetic oils are highly hygroscopic. |
| Energy Efficient | Energy inefficient, even compared with CFC-12 |
| Non-corrosive | HFC-134a SDS sheets disclose:“Contact with certain metals (aluminum..zinc..) may cause a violent reaction or explosion” “Incompatible..[with].. freshly abraded aluminum (may cause strong exothermic reactions).” |
| Lower operating head pressure | High operating head pressure, even compared with CFC-12 |
| Non-Toxic | HFC-134a SDS sheets disclose:“This product is harmful by inhalation” and “this product may cause cardiac sensitization” and “Hazardous Decomposition Products: halogens, halogen acids, and possibly carbonyl halides, such as phosgene. These are toxic and corrosive”. and “Individuals with pre-existing diseases of the central nervous system or cardiovascular system may have increased susceptibility to the toxicity of excessive exposures.” |
| Adds life to air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment | Extensive evidence of multiple equipment (particularly compressors) failures. |
DURACOOL 12a® requires approximately 35% of the charge, by weight, of CFC-12 (R-12), and the charge, by weight of HFC-134a (R-134a).
DURACOOL 22a® require only 40% of the charge, by weight, of R-22 and R-502, respectively.
Equivalents
DURACOOL 12a®
6 ounce can approximately 17 ounces of CFC-12 (R-12) and of HFC-134a.
30# refrigerant cylinder containing 12 pounds approximately 34 lbs of CFC-12 (R-12) or 30 pounds of HFC-134a.
DURACOOL 22a®
30# refrigerants cylinder containing 12 pounds approximately 30 pounds HCFC-22 (R-22).