International. The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (Airah), launched the Flammable Refrigerant Safety Guide, aimed at guiding the industry on how to work safely with these refrigerants.
In Australia, flammable refrigerants are already used in household refrigerators, small integral commercial cabinets, fluid coolers and industrial refrigeration, and Airah expects that with the rise in the cost of HFCs their use will continue to grow in commercial and industrial refrigeration applications, as well as in commercial and residential air conditioning.
The Guide covers all fixed refrigeration systems of all sizes, including air conditioners and heat pumps to be loaded with flammable refrigerants of A2 or A3 classification, or any other refrigerant that meets the criteria to be classified as A2 or A3.
The guide does not cover non-stationary applications of flammable refrigerants such as air conditioning in vehicles or transport refrigeration. It covers the management of health and safety risks involved in the design, manufacture, supply, installation, conversion, commissioning, operation, maintenance, dismantling, disassembly and disposal of Hvac/R equipment and systems containing a flammable refrigerant.
