VATIS update : ozone layer protection. Vol. 4, No. 99, Mar-Apr 2010

• 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 2010
• Subjects: BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY POLICY; FOOD PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; OZONE LAYER; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/2207

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 : Forced-air geothermal heating systems -- Surface modifier coating for electronic components -- Polymer foam with improved fire retardance -- Energy-saving insulation and air sealing products -- A new bronchodilator combination in HFA-MDI -- Phosphine disinfestation treatment of apples THE SCIENCE OF OZONE LAYER . 4 -- Report shows ozone hole drives changes in the Antarctic -- Improvement in upper level ozone hole -- UV radiation increase appears to have levelled off -- Ozone hole healing could cause further climate warming ODS PHASE-OUT IN INDIA . 5 -- Guidelines for CTC phase-out released -- Programme on stain removal without CTC in textiles -- World Bank aid for pollution-free environment IN THE NEWS . 6 -- Climate Action Reserve releases standards for ODS destruction -- Major research project on depletion of the ozone layer -- China approves draft ODS laws -- Pakistan allows CFC-based inhalers for two more years -- Bhutan accelerates ODS phase-out efforts -- China imposes additional requirements on ODS trade -- Philippines steps up effort to end ozone depleting substances -- Maldives plans to be the first carbon-neutral nation -- Afghanistan joins the United Nations to fight illegal ODS trade -- Vanuatu to ban import of ozone-depleting substances REFRIGERATION/AIR-CONDITIONING . 10 -- Environment-friendly refrigerant composition -- Carbon dioxide refrigerant vapour compression system -- Geothermal heat pumps -- Forced-air geothermal heating systems -- Air-cooled chillers with variable frequency drive option SOLVENTS . 12 -- Azeotrope-like solvent and mixed solvent compositions -- Oil-resistant paper coating without ozone depletion potential -- Surface modifier coating for electronic components -- ...