Mexico. The Chemours Company announced that Mexico's refrigeration company, Bohn, adopts low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants Opteon XP40 (R-449 A) and Opteon XP10 (R-513A) for use in its commercial refrigeration equipment such as Condensing Units, Chillers and Centralized Systems.
Opteon™ XP10, is a non-flammable refrigerant that offers 55% lower GWP than the refrigerant it replaces, while maintaining excellent performance and thermodynamic properties comparable to the previous refrigerant (R-134a). For its part, the OpteonXP40™provides 65% less GWP than the refrigerant it replaces (R-404A), in addition to excellent energy efficiency, so these distinguished advantages position it as the ideal substitute.
For his part, Alejandro Elnejem, Director of Fluoroproducts of The Chemours Company Mexico commented, "At Chemours we are proud that the bohn company of Mexico has chosen to adopt OpteonXP10™and OpteonXP40™for their commercial refrigeration systems, it is undoubtedly a great technological advance, since it will allow them to expand their portfolio of environmentally friendly solutions".
Bohn de Mexico in the last year has developed important projects with the new Opteon refrigerants, an example are cascade systems with Opteon XP40, Chillers for industrial processes with Opteon XP40 and with Opteon XP10 and is currently developing projects with Opteon XP40 for large distribution centers and convenience stores.
"Bohn has always been a highly flexible and innovative company. With the use of the new Opteon refrigerants, we respond to the needs of our customers and contribute to the improvement of the environment; this has allowed us to have a leading place in the market. At Bohn we innovate using state-of-the-art refrigerant technology and support the world to enjoy the benefits of cold in a sustainable way," said Armando Schiavon, Bohn Vice President of Operations and Sales.
