VATIS update : ozone layer protection. Vol. 4, No. 105, Mar-Apr 2011

• Main Authors: UN.ESCAP, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology 2011
• Subjects: BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY POLICY; FOOD PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; OZONE LAYER; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/2076

VATIS Update Ozone Layer Protection is published 6 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Ozone Layer Protection. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries. Highlights : Promising future for electric field refrigeration -- Game-changing AE2 compressor -- Paint and powder coating stripper -- Improved polyurethane rigid foam system -- Innovative dispenser technology -- Reactive films to limit methyl bromide emissions THE SCIENCE OF OZONE LAYER . 4 -- 3D model evaluation of solvents -- Record loss of stratospheric ozone in the Arctic -- Environmental consequences of residual CFCs in obsolete household refrigerators -- Arctic ozone depletion from unusually low temperatures ODS PHASE-OUT IN INDIA . 5 -- Phase-out of CFCs in MDI manufacturing -- United Nations approves new small-scale HFC project IN THE NEWS . 6 -- Funding to phase out HCFCs in 39 countries -- Roy Family Award for Refrigerants, Naturally! -- Kazakhstan ratifies amendments to Montreal Protocol -- Philippines to ensure car air-conditioners are ozone friendly -- Dow joint venture could aid non-ozone depleting refrigerants -- Sri Lankan plan for HCFC phase-out -- Use of HCFCs in manufacturing process suspended in Taiwan -- ODS in Thailand -- Consulting service on root-knot nematode and other pathogen in ginger cultivation -- SRF Board approves second overseas plant -- HCFC phase-out management plan in Pakistan -- Taiwan finalizes preliminary HCFCs quotas for 2011 REFRIGERATION/AIR-CONDITIONING . 9 -- Promising future for electric field refrigeration -- Natural refrigerant compressors -- Compressors use “green” hydrocarbon refrigerant -- New range of inverter split air-conditioners -- Electronic air-conditioning -- Latest sustainable refrigeration innovations for retail business -- Gamechanging AE2 compressor SOLVENTS . 11 -- Paint and powder coating stripper with VOC-free formula -- Aerosol cleaning -- Fibre ...