Power consumption of a home refrigerator can be cut by 29% while improving cooling capacity. Researchers replaced widely-used, but environmentally unfriendly, R134a refrigerant with the more ...

Nanoparticles can reduce the power consumption of cooling devices such as refrigerators, freezers and air-conditioning. (Courtesy: Taiwo O Babarinde, University of Johannesburg) Adding multi-walled ...

In October 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to ban the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of trichloroethylene (TCE) for all uses. TCE is ...

For many years, hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-134a was the alternate refrigerant of choice to replace chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-12 in many medium- and high-temperature stationary refrigeration, air ...

As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, Some repair companies won’t work on most fridges because of the potential explosion risk posed by a highly common refrigerant. Lenore Satterwaite told our sister ...