Development Trend of Refrigerants

Development Trend of R601 Refrigerants

Product Description: n-Pentane; Pentane; Normal Pentane

GAS No.: 109-66-0

Packaging Specification: ISO-TANK

R601 Refrigerant Introduction

R601 refrigerant, pentane and n-pentane in Chinese, is a colorless liquid with faint mint fragrance. n-Pentane R601 is slightly soluble in water, and soluble in ethanol, ether, acetone, benzene, chloroform and other organic solvents, with a melting point of – 129.7 ℃ and a boiling point of 36.1 ℃.

R601 Refrigerant Application

R601 is mainly used for molecular sieve desorption, replacing Freon as foaming agent, as solvent, manufacturing artificial ice, agent, and synthesizing amyl alcohol.



Storage and Transportation

R601 refrigerant cylinder is a pressurized container, which should be stored away from fire, heat source and direct sunlight. It is usually stored in a cool, dry and ventilated warehouse; The steel cylinder, valve and other accessories shall be handled with care to prevent damage.

It is a general trend to use green and environment-friendly refrigerants. Green and environment-friendly refrigerants can be synthetic or natural. Although synthetic environment-friendly refrigerants will not damage ozone, natural refrigerants are the most ideal choice for the sustainable development of the earth’s ecology.

The history of refrigeration technology is actually the history of refrigerant development process. In the early days, people used the evaporation effect of storing natural ice and water and some other methods to refrigeration. In the 1930s, Perkins invented the vapor compression refrigeration cycle, and mankind ushered in the development period of refrigeration technology. The invention, renewal and replacement of refrigerants throughout the entire process. At present, according to the development requirements of the new era, refrigerants will face new challenges. At present, the development of refrigerant is divided into four stages, and the characteristics of each stage are shown in the left figure.

In general, the development trend of refrigerant should meet the requirements of sustainable development of ecological environment and promote its further development. According to the core requirements of coordination between economic development, resource protection and ecological environment protection in sustainable development, there are two development directions of refrigerant:

The first is environmental protection. It is a general trend to use green refrigerants. Green refrigerants can be synthetic or natural. Although synthetic environmental refrigerants will not damage ozone, natural refrigerants are the most ideal choice for the sustainable development of the earth’s ecology.

The second is energy conservation. With the improvement of people’s living standards, refrigeration, air conditioning and other equipment are becoming more and more popular, and at the same time, a large amount of energy consumed by them is also attracting more and more attention. This summer, 18 provinces and cities in China experienced a shortage of electricity. A survey by the China Electricity Regulatory Commission showed that the intensification of the contradiction between supply and demand caused a shortage of electricity this summer, of which the rapid growth of air-conditioning refrigeration load is a factor that cannot be ignored. Therefore, in addition to improving refrigeration technology, we can also start from refrigerants. It is also a development direction to reduce the energy consumption of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment by developing new energy-saving refrigerants.

To sum up, the development of refrigerants is closely related to environmental protection and the sustainable development of the earth’s ecological environment. The development trend of refrigerants reflects the requirements of sustainable development of the environment.