▲ 236 ▼ A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate (www.anthropocenemagazine.org) submitted 9 months ago by RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments Imaging if this technology could cool a data centre. Edit: I was not involved in this project. You are wasting your time asking me questions.
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) Modern refrigerants don't use R134 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) https://www.freon.com/en/industries/refrigeration/residential-refrigeration R134 was the “safe” refrigerant to replace R-12 because R12 is 11000x more potent of a ghg than co2 There are some new refrigeration units that use R600 but the vast majority of refrigerators are still R134 R600 being a highly flammable gas (it’s butane) has slowed its rollout a lot. Hence why a solid state non volatile refrigerant is still a cool development permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 9 months ago In EU new installments using refrigerants with GWP of over 150 will be straight up banned next year, at least for home usage permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) https://www.freon.com/en/industries/refrigeration/residential-refrigeration R134 was the “safe” refrigerant to replace R-12 because R12 is 11000x more potent of a ghg than co2 There are some new refrigeration units that use R600 but the vast majority of refrigerators are still R134 R600 being a highly flammable gas (it’s butane) has slowed its rollout a lot. Hence why a solid state non volatile refrigerant is still a cool development permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 9 months ago In EU new installments using refrigerants with GWP of over 150 will be straight up banned next year, at least for home usage permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 9 months ago In EU new installments using refrigerants with GWP of over 150 will be straight up banned next year, at least for home usage permalink fedilink source parent