End Of Life Requirements - Marstair CXE Series Technical Manual

Refrigerant must be recovered by a certificated technician before the plant is dismantled. Modern
refrigerant recovery machines should be able to remove well over 95% of the refrigerant in an old
system.
All recovered HFC refrigerants can either be:
a) Sent for destruction by incineration at a licenced waste facility
b) Sent to a specialist plant that can re-process the old refrigerant into a gas with properties
identical to virgin refrigerant, to create "reclaimed refrigerant"
c) Given a basic cleaning process, to create "recycled refrigerant"
Given the HFC supply shortage that will be created by the phase down process, it is worth trying to
send the old refrigerant for reclamation as it may have a good residual value. If the old refrigerant
is too contaminated it cannot be reclaimed and must be sent for destruction. It is important not to
mix different gases in the same recovery cylinder – as this would render them unsuitable for
reclamation.
Reclaimed refrigerant can be used in any refrigeration equipment. Recycled refrigerant must
always be used with care as it may be contaminated or of unknown composition. The use of
recycled refrigerant with a GWP above 2,500 is restricted to either (a) the organisation owning the
plant from which the gas was recovered or (b) the organisation that carried out the recovery.

END OF LIFE REQUIREMENTS

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