Solkane®

High Performance Refrigerants

Solvay
Fluor
Solkane® Refrigerants –
our knowledge on CD-ROM
Technical Data Program Solkane® Information Service
■ Calculate all important thermophysical properties of On this CD-ROM you will find our complete
Solkane Refrigerants knowledge base: all technical documenta-
tion, publications and conference reports.
■ Customise tables or calculate single points
You can open the most important docu-
■ Calculate various different refrigeration cycles and plot
ments – e.g. the Solkane® Pocket Manual
them in detailed Ig p-h (Mollier) or T-s diagrams
– directly as PDF-file. All other documents
■ Export data to clipboard for use in other programs, will be sent to you on request.
i.e. Microsoft EXCEL
■ Read information about environmental and safety aspects, Solkane® Pocket Manual
material compatibility, electrical properties, oils etc.
■ Covers principal areas of refrigeration
■ Calculate refrigerant line sizes based on pressure
■ Physical, chemical and technical data as well as thermo-
drop/velocity considerations
dynamic equations to calculate thermophysical properties
■ Choose your language: of Solkane® refrigerants

English ■ Data for planning and design of refrigerating plants

Spanish

Italian

French

German

Arabic

Chinese

Snowball Game
Stay cool with Solkane® – have
fun with Solkane® and help the
snowman to fight off the attack
of a gang of polar bears.
 The Challenge
In 1994, Solvay Fluor was the first company world-wide to stop their
production and sales of CFC’s. New refrigerants with higher efficiency and
environmentally friendly properties had to be developed and implemented
using a safe stewardship system right through to final recycling.

Solvay’s fluorine business has grown at a fast pace over recent years,
having doubled its size from 1995 until 2002, and more than doubling
that again since then. The refrigerant business has also grown during that
time, in such a way that Solvay Fluor can be considered today as one of
the leading manufacturers of fluorinated refrigerants worldwide.

The Okorusu Fluorspar Mine

in Namibia is our source for
the raw material of Solkane® Production of Solkane® Refrigerants
Refrigerants in Bad Wimpfen, Germany
 Product

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The Situation Solkane® 227ea

Refrigerants play a hidden, but vital role in people’s
lives. The cold chain is essential for feeding the
world’s population and this cold chain relies on high
performance refrigerants. Without refrigerants, today
people’s living standards would be considerably lower. Solkane® 134a
Comfortable temperatures in working and living
environments play an important part in sustaining the
quality of life.

The wide variation of applications and temperature

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levels in refrigeration and air conditioning requires
a broad selection of specific refrigerants. Our
comprehensive Solkane® line of refrigerants provides a
solution for virtually every problem:
Solkane® 407C
Solkane® 410A

Solkane® 507
Solkane® 404A

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Solkane® Refrigerants are used

extensively in our daily lives. They keep
food fresh, drinks cold, and provide
comfortable temperatures in our living
environment
 Applications Evaporation Replaces
Temperature
– 80 – 70 – 60 – 50 –40 – 30 – 20 – 10 0 10 20 30 °C

Heatpipes, Organic Ranking Cycles (ORC), CFC R-11

hightemperature heatpumps, immersion cooling
Air conditioners for high ambient temperatures CFC R-114
(foundry crane cabins), high temperature heat pumps,
organic rankine cycles
5 to 30 °C

Domestic refrigerators, automotive air conditioners, CFC R-12

heat pumps, centrifugal water chillers, transport and
commercial refrigeration systems (medium temperature range)
– 25 to 20 °C

Air conditioners, commercial and industrial medium

temperature refrigeration systems
– 40 to 20 °C

Air conditioners, heat pumps, cold water chillers HCFC R-22

407C – 20 to 20 °C
410A – 50 to 20 °C

Refrigerated display cabinets, cold rooms, industrial CFC R-502

refrigeration systems, ice machines, supermarket
refrigeration units, transport refrigeration systems
– 45 to – 10 °C

Ultra low temperature cascade systems, CFC R-13

chemical processing applications
– 80 to – 45 °C, Cascade

For special solutions ask our technical service!

The Concept
Solvay’s fully integrated production concept for Solkane® refrigerants
ensures close control from mining of fluorspar all the way to packaged
refrigerants – ready to be charged! But we don’t stop there: Our
unique recycling system generates useful raw materials from used
refrigerants. Responsible care is a management policy.

Choosing the right refrigerant and the right supplier goes far beyond
evaluating physical and environmental properties and specifications.
Refrigerants are “system components” and performance evaluation
must be directed at the system rather than its components – with
respect to:

Safety
■ All Solkane® HFC refrigerants achieve the highest safety class in all globally
accepted standards for refrigerant and refrigeration safety.
■ They are non-flammable and very low in toxicity.
■ Because of their safety properties, Solkane® refrigerants have the least
restrictions with respect to installation sites and charge sizes.

Ecology Hydrogen
■ Environmental performance of refrigeration Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Nitrogen
and A/C systems is primarily dictated by energy CFC/HCFC/HFC
Traces NOX

efficiency. Systems with Solkane® refrigerants Sodium sulfite

achieve top ranks in this respect. Recovery of Recovery of
hydrofluoric acid hydrochloric
acid
■ Solvay Fluor runs a thermal separation unit Reaction chamber

at its Frankfurt site, where used refrigerants Exhaust gas washing

(CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs), after careful recovery

from the used refrigeration and A/C systems by Absorption

skilled maintenance partners, are cracked into

hydrofluoric acid and hydrochloric acid: Both of Sodium sulfate +
NaCl to biological
which are raw materials that are used again for treatment

industrial production and completely converted

into new products. Hydrofluoric acid
Carbon dioxide
Hydrofluoric acid 50%- Hydrochloric acid 30%- Hydrochloric acid
■ Solkane HFC refrigerants have zero ODP.
® Sale Sale Chlorine

Economy
Using Solkane® refrigerants will save life cycle costs in various ways.
■ High energy efficiency ensures low operating costs.
■ The high safety class saves substantially in respect to installation
sites and safety related system auxiliaries.
■ Excellent material compatibility allows system designs with
conventional and cost effective construction materials.
 The Conclusion
When reflecting interactions of safety,
economical and environmental issues,
Solkane® refrigerants impressively dem-
onstrate their superiority. With their
non-ozone depleting properties, com-
bined with complete recycling, Solkane®
refrigerants contribute to Solvay Fluor’s
responsible care program.

Thinking in cycles and systems will lead

you to the top product from the top
supplier – Solkane® refrigerants from
Solvay Fluor.

Solvay Fluor –
A Global Player
Solvay Fluor has offices, sites
and representatives in more
than 50 countries.
For information about your
local Solvay Fluor refrigerant
products representative visit
our website at:
www.solvay-fluor.com

At our Frankfurt site, used

refrigerants are cracked into
hydrofluoric acid and
hydrochloric acid
Disclaimer:

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All statements, information, and data given herein are believed to be accurate and reliable but are presented without
guarantee, warranty or responsibility of any kind, express or implied. Statements or suggestions concerning possible
use of our products are made without representation or warranty that any such use is free of patent infrigement, and
are not recommendations to infringe any patent. The user should not assume that all safety measures are indicated,
or that other measures may not be required. In any case, the user is not exempt from observing all legal, administra-
tive and regulatory procedures relating to the product, personal hygiene, and protection of human welfare and the
environment.
The product R404A is sold by Solvay in Europe, Middle East and Africa under a license of (a) DuPont de Nemours’
European Patent EP 545942 and EP 399817, and (b) ICI’s European Patent EP 509673. The sale conveys to the pur-
chaser a sublicense to use or resell such product in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Such product, if installed in Europe,
Middle East and Africa within refrigeration or air-conditioning equipment, can be exported worldwide. No other right
or license, express or implied, is granted.
The product R407C is sold by Solvay in Europe, Middle East and Africa under a license of (a) Matsushita’s European
Patent EP 430 169; (b) DuPont de Nemours’ European Patent EP 563 220 and South-African Patent ZA 91/009895;
(c) ICI’s European Patent EP 509 673 and South-African Patent ZA 92/2390. The sale conveys to the purchaser a subli-
cense to use or resell such product anywhere in the world except the USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South-Korea, Taiwan and Thailand ; this exception does not apply
to such product that is installed in Europe, Middle East or Africa within refrigeration or air-conditioning equipment.
No other right or license, express or implied, is granted.
The product R-410A is sold by Solvay in the Territory defined as the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the Middle
East and Africa (except South Africa), under a license of Honeywell’s European Patent No. EP 0 533 673 B2 which
covers the use of R-410A in air conditioning and heat pump applications. The sale conveys to the purchaser the right
to use or resell such R410A in the Territory. Such R-410A, if installed in the Territory within air conditioning or refrigera-
tion equipment, can be exported worldwide. No other right or license, express or implied, is granted.

Solvay Fluor GmbH

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Telefax +49 511 857-2146
Internet www.solvay-fluor.com
E-Mail refrigerants@solvay.com