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LCA Case Studies
Automobile Air Conditioning: A Case Study of CFC Replacements
Part II
Eric P. Johnson; R. Eric Banks; Paul N. Sharratt
Corresponding author:: Eric Johnson, Atlantic Consulting, Belgravia Workshops, 159 Marlborough Road, GB-London N19 4NF
Global warming impact (GW) of automobile air-conditioners using two refrigerants - a hydrocarbon blend and HFC-134a - were estimated and compared. The HFC-134a system showed a GW 20-90% greater than that of the hydrocarbon system. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions of the air-conditioners were near to equal, in the basecase scenario slightly higher for HFC-134a, in some scenarios slightly higher for the hydrocarbon. | | Keywords: automobile air-conditioners, HFC-134a; automobile air-conditioners, hydrocarbon blend; automobile air-conditioners, refrigerants; chlorofluorocarbons; global warming (GW); GW; refrigerants, HFC-134a; refrigerants, hydrocarbon blend; TEWI; total equivalent warming impact (TEWI); VOC; volatile organic compounds (VOC), emissions, air-conditioners |
3 LCA (2) 75-79 (1998)
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