Developments in new components and applications for natural refrigerants in commercial and industrial heating and cooling.

New equipment for use with natural refrigerants is developed in response to market needs and technology trends. Many factors influence developments in the refrigeration industry across its many different applications and sectors. These factors include among others legislation, energy prices (driving the need for energy efficiency for both cost and CO2 emissions reduction purposes), end user customer policies, the environmental lobby, the RAC industry lobby (and particularly the refrigerant gas manufacturers). This paper considers some of the new developments in refrigeration equipment from a large manufacturer such as GEA in response to these driving factors and the direction of these developments in the future.