The newer CO2 refrigeration systems being used in supermarkets have had problems whereby pipework or fittings failures have cause explosions.
Less technical details are available here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVaq...layer_embedded
The newer CO2 refrigeration systems being used in supermarkets have had problems whereby pipework or fittings failures have cause explosions.
Less technical details are available here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVaq...layer_embedded
Last edited by AndyD; 18-Jan-11 at 05:07 PM.
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The green bottles?
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Oh i get it, its cause the "bottles are green"
Quite a funny little clip though, those guys should be politicians![]()
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Yep, CO2 is not combustible, it's just the gas escaping when pipework ruptures. The pressures are immense, over 100Bar (1500 psi) and there's quite an explosion when a rupture occurs.
CO2 is being heavily pushed for widespread use by governments. Large subsidies are available overseas to help offset the heinous costs involved for companies who make a commitment to use it. There have been a few incidents of failures where entire shopping centers have been evacuated and people hospitalized. I don't know if there have been any deaths yet but watch this space.
Green politics.
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What intrigues me is if i was to come up with a fridge that operated on chlorine gas, i would probably get locked up for terrorism or something as it could effectively harm people if leaking.
But this one which could leave people with shrapnel and quite possibly dead is OK? and then is it even really green??
As you say green politics
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Just making life easier for terrorism, all you kneed to bring a shopping centre to it's knees is to place a small charge along a CO2 pipe, and bam you have a disaster.
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The absorption refrigeration system uses ammonia or R717 as it's also known, mixed with water. These systems were the ones Ouma had and they're still available today especially as camping fridges because they can work with an LPG heat source as well as electrical. It's highly toxic but it's very energy efficient as a refrigerant. As long as it stays in the refrigeration system it's completely safe. Commonly the cause of it getting out is corrosion because of the water in the system.
Refrigerants being hazardous isn't necessarily a reason not to use them, a lot of domestic fridges in Europe use propane as their refrigerant nowadays which is obviously highly flammable when in the presence of air.
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Wow, learnt something new here today! Actually interesting....
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