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New Publication on Natural Foam Blowing Agents
GTZ Proklima has compiled this publication to provide information on natural foam blowing agents as ozone- and climate-friendly alternatives to HCFCs.Similar to the ‘Natural Refrigerants’ handbook published in July 2008, this volume contains various articles from academia, governmental institutes and manufacturers of foam equipment and related suppliers, who have introduced natural substances and who are able to provide useful insights and lessons learned from their conversion processes. The first section of the book covers policy-related aspects of technology transition towards natural foam blowing agents and examines the impact legislative changes have on development and adoption of alternative technologies. The second part deals with the use of natural blowing agents in rigid and XPS foam, the conditions for conversion and special technologies. Part 3 comprises case studies from developing countries. The contributions focus on typical challenges that occur when converting production plants to natural foam blowing agents and provide solutions illustrating how these hurdles may be overcome in practice.The publication attempts to provide guidance to those involved in implementing the HCFC phase-out in a sustainable and climate-friendly manner. Developing countries shall be encouraged to consider sustainable solutions based on natural blowing agents as HCFC replacements, instead of choosing high-GWP HFCs. To download Proklima's publications, please click on "Further information/Proklima's publications".
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