Vertiv Liebert PDX - Regulatory Compliance; F-gas Regulation (EU) No. 517;2014

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10.8 - Regulation (EU) no. 517/2014 (F-gas)
Stationary air conditioners placed into the European Community market and operating with uorinated greenhouse gases
(F- gas, such as R407C, R134a, R410A), they have to comply since Jan 1, 2015 with the F- gas Regulation (EU) No. 517/2014. It
replaces the Re. (EU) no. 342/2006, applied since July 4, 2007.
By the way, the refrigerants as R22 are not F- gas and their relevant regulation is Reg. (EU) no. 2037/2000.
Following notes have to be considered when operating with the above mentioned equipments:
• Fluorinated greenhouse gases are covered by the Kyoto Protocol.
• The uorinated greenhouse gases in this equipment should not be vented to the atmosphere.
• Referring to the value noted in Annex I and Annex IV of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 here below the global warming potential (GWP)
of some major F- gases or mixtures:
R- 134a GWP 1430
R- 407C GWP 1774
R- 410A GWP 2088
• Operators of the above mentioned applications, which contain uorinated greenhouse gases, shall, using all measures which are
technically feasible and do not entail disproportionate cost:
a. Prevent leakage of these gases and as soon as possible repair any detected leakage.
b. Ensure that they are checked for leakage by certied personnel.
c. Ensure for putting in place arrangements for the proper recovery by certied personnel.
d. In case of applications containing 5 tons CO
2
equivalent, i.e. 2.4 kg of R410A (10 tons in case of hermetically sealed system) or
more of F- gases: certied personnel and Companies (according to Reg. 303/2008) provides regular leak testing (according to
Reg. 1516/2007 and Reg. 1497/2007) and maintain records of maintenance activities in a dedicated log book.
e. Recovery for the purpose of recycling, reclamation or destruction of the uorinated greenhouse gases, pursuant to
Art. 8 of the Regulation shall take place before the nal disposal of that equipment and, when appropriate, during its
servicing and maintenance.
• Operator, according to Regulation Article 2, point 8, means the natural or legal person exercising actual power over the technical
functioning of products and equipment covered by this Regulation. The State may, in dened, specic situations, designate the
owner as being responsible for the operator’s obligations. Where large installations are involved, service companies are contracted
to carry out maintenance or servicing. In these cases the determination of the operator depends on the contractual and practical
arrangements between the parties.
• Direct methods of leakage checking approved by the manufacturer (Reg. 1516/2007 and Reg. 1497/2007)
a. Gas detection device adapted to the refrigerant in the system;the sensitive of portable gas detection devices (as a direct test
method) shall be at least ve grams par year.
b. Proprietary bubble solutions / soapsuds.
• Additional information located into a dedicated label of unit (Reg. 1494/2007)
a. Where uorinated greenhouse gas is foreseen to be added to the equipment outside of the manufacturing site at the point
of installation, a dedicated label accommodates notation of both the quantity (kg) pre-charged in the manufacturing plant and of
the quantity charged at the installation site as well as the resulting total quantity of f-gas as a combination of the above mentioned
quantities, in a manner which conforms to the legibility and indelibility.
Our split units are usually not pre-charged on factory, in this case the total quantity of refrigerant charged in the unit has to be written
in the relevant label, during the commissioning operation at the installation site.
b. Our packaged units (not split) operating with f - gas are usually full charged on factory and the total amount of refrigerant charge
is already reported on the label. In this case, the label has no need of further written information.
c. In generally, the above mentioned information has been located in the main nameplate of relevant unit.
d. For equipment with double refrigeration circuits, in regards to di󰀨erentiates requirements on the basis of the quantity of f-gas
contained, the required information about refrigerant charge quantities has to be listed separately for each individual circuit.
e. For equipments with separate indoor and outdoor sections connected by refrigerant piping, the label information will be on that
part of the equipment which is initially charged with the refrigerant. In case of a split system (separate indoor and outdoor sections)
without a factory pre-charge of refrigerant, the mandatory label information will be on that part of the product or equipment which
contains the most suitable service points for charging or recovering the uorinated greenhouse gas(es).
• Safety data sheets of f-gases used in the products are available on demand.