EPA Lists Three New Low-GWP Refrigerants

The Environmental Protection Agency has listed three new low-GWP refrigerants under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program. The listings were included in SNAP Notice 39. The EPA listed the following refrigerants and their end uses:

• R-471A, a refrigerant blend, is listed as acceptable as a retrofit in the following refrigeration and air conditioning end-uses:

  • Cold storage warehouses

  • Industrial process refrigeration

  • Retail food refrigeration – Refrigerated food processing and dispensing equipment

  • Retail food refrigeration – Remote condensing units

  • Retail food refrigeration – Supermarket systems

• R-480A, a refrigerant blend, is listed as acceptable as a retrofit in the following refrigeration and air conditioning end-uses:

  • Cold storage warehouses

  • Commercial ice machines

  • Positive displacement chillers

  • Refrigerated transport

  • Water coolers

R-513A, a refrigerant blend, is listed as acceptable for new residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps – self-contained units.