SOLKANE

SOLKANE®
High Performance Refrigerants
SOLKANE® Refrigerants –
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■■ Calculate all important thermo- based on pressure drop/velocity
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■■ Customise tables or calculate single Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC)
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■■ Calculate various different refrigera- English
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 SOLKANE® App
People who work with refrigerants
will benefit from this practical service.
Solvay Fluor has now complemented
its SOLKANE® calculation program
with a free App. Th is allows mobile cal-
culation of refrigerant data on a smart-
phone for the first time. The App is a
hugely practical aid for all producers,
installers, engineers and sales person-
nel in the fields of air-conditioning and
refrigeration.
The well-known Windows-based
SOLKANE® software is designed for
calculations involving complex material
data and refrigerant circuits: in contrast
the SOLKANE® App provides fast,
straightforward access to key informa-
tion for popular refrigerants.
After download and installation, every-
one in the air conditioning and refrigera-
tion industries can calculate saturation
vapour pressures and temperatures in
bar/°C and psi/°F quickly and ­easily.
A programmable refrigerant data slider
gives fast access to all temperatures
and pressures and also allows direct
comparisons between different refrig-
erants.The product information section
presents users with key technical infor-
mation about pertinent SOLKANE®
refrigerants.
The SOLKANE® App can be down- Android-
loaded from the App-Store and Google iPhones: Smartphones:
Please scan the Please scan the
Play: keyword “Solkane”. The App is QR-Code with QR-Code with
free of charge. barcoo or Qrafter. barcoo or QR Droid.

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The Challenge
In 1994, Solvay Fluor was the first com- 2002, and more than doubling that
pany world-wide to stop their produc- again since then. The refrigerant busi-
tion and sales of CFC’s. New refriger- ness has also grown during that time,
ants with higher efficiency and environ- in such a way that Solvay Fluor can be
mentally friendly properties had to be considered today as one of the leading
developed and implemented using a manufacturers of fluorinated refriger-
safe stewardship system right through ants worldwide.
to final recycling.
Solvay’s fluorine business has grown
at a fast pace over recent years, hav-
ing doubled its size from 1995 until

Product Applications

SOLKATHERM® Heatpipes, Organic Ranking Cycles (ORC),

hightemperature heatpumps, immersion
SES 36
cooling

SOLKANE® 227ea Air conditioners for high ambient tempera-

tures (foundry crane cabins), high temperature
heat pumps, organic rankine cycles

SOLKANE® 134a Domestic refrigerators, automotive air condi-

tioners, heat pumps, centrifugal water chill-
ers, transport and commercial refrigeration
systems (medium temperature range)

SOLKANE® 22M Air conditioners, heatpumps, chillers, refrig-

R22 Drop-In eration systems

SOLKANE® 22L Comercial and industrial refrigeration systems

R22 Drop-In

SOLKANE® 407A Refrigeration sytemes, supermarket refrigera-

tion units

SOLKANE® 407C Air conditioners, heat pumps, cold water chill-

ers
SOLKANE® 410A

SOLKANE® 507 Refrigerated display cabinets, cold rooms,

industrial refrigeration systems, ice machines,
SOLKANE® 404A supermarket refrigeration units, transport
refrigeration systems

For special solutions ask our technical service!

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Refrigerants play a hidden, but vital
role in people’s lives. The cold chain
is essential for feeding the world’s
population and this cold chain relies
on high performance refrigerants.
Without refrigerants, today people’s
living standards would be consider-
ably lower. Comfortable temperatures
in working and living environments
play an important part in sustaining the
quality of life.
The Situation
The wide variation of applications and
temperature levels in refrigeration and
air conditioning requires a broad selec-
tion of specific refrigerants. Our com-
prehensive SOLKANE® line of refrig-
erants provides a solution for virtually
every problem:

Evaporation Replaces
– 50 –40 – 30 – 20 – 10 0 10 20 30 °C Temperature
30 to 190 °C CFC R-11

5 to 30 °C CFC R-114

–25 to 20 °C CFC R-12

0 to 20 °C HCFC R-22
–30 to 0 °C

HCFC R-22

–45 to 20 °C HCFC R-22

–20 to 20 °C HCFC R-22

–50 to 20 °C

–45 to –10 °C CFC R-502

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The Concept
Solvay’s fully integrated production Safety
concept for SOLKANE® refrigerants
■■ AllSOLKANE® HFC refrigerants
ensures close control from mining of
achieve the highest safety class in
fluorspar all the way to packaged refrig-
all globally accepted standards for
erants – ready to be charged! But we
refrigerant and refrigeration safety.
don’t stop there: Our unique recycling
■■ They are non-flammable and very
system generates useful raw materials
from used refrigerants. Responsible low in toxicity.
care is a management policy. ■■ Because of their safety properties,
SOLKANE® refrigerants have the
Choosing the right refrigerant and the
least ­restrictions with respect to
right supplier goes far beyond evaluat-
installation sites and charge sizes.
ing physical and environmental prop-
erties and specifications. Refrigerants Ecology
are “system components” and perfor-
■■ Environmental performance of
mance evaluation must be directed at
refrigeration and A/C systems is
the system rather than its components
primarily dictated by energy effi-
– with respect to:
ciency. Systems with SOLKANE®
refrigerants achieve top ranks in this
Hydrogen
Carbon dioxide
respect.
Oxygen
■■ Solvay Fluor runs a thermal separa-
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Traces NOX
CFC/HCFC/HFC
tion unit at its Frankfurt site, where
Sodium sulfite
Recovery of Recovery of
used refrigerants (CFCs, HCFCs
Reaction chamber
hydrofluoric acid hydrochloric
acid and HFCs), after careful recovery
Exhaust gas washing from the used refrigeration and A/C
systems by skilled maintenance
Absorption
partners, are cracked into hydro-
fluoric acid and hydrochloric acid:
Sodium sulfate +
NaCl to biological
Both of which are raw materials that
treatment
are used again for industrial pro-
duction and completely converted
Hydrofluoric acid 50%- Hydrochloric acid 30%-
Hydrofluoric acid
Carbon dioxide into new products.
Hydrochloric acid
Sale Sale
■■ SOLKANE® HFC refrigerants have
Chlorine

zero ODP.

Economy
■■ Using SOLKANE® refrigerants will
save life cycle costs in various ways.
■■ Highenergy efficiency ensures low
operating costs.
■■ The high safety class saves sub-
stantially in respect to ­installation
sites and safety related system
auxiliaries.
■■ Excellent material compatibil
ity allows system designs with
­conventional and cost effective
construction materials.

At our Frankfurt site, used refrigerants are cracked into hydrofluoric acid and hydrochloric acid.

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 The Conclusion
When reflecting interactions of safety,
economical and environmental issues,
­SOLKANE® refrigerants impressively
demonstrate their superiority. With
their non-ozone depleting properties,
combined with complete recycling,
­SOLKANE® refrigerants contribute to
Solvay Fluor’s responsible care pro-
gram.
Thinking in cycles and systems will
lead you to the top product from the
top supplier – SOLKANE® refrigerants
from Solvay Fluor.

Competence in Fluorine Chemistry. Worldwide.

Solvay Special Chemicals
Solvay Special Chemicals is active in a
range of markets: Energy Conservation
and Storage, Semicon/Electronics,
Agro & Food, and Performance
Materials. It is a world leader in Fluorine
Chemistry and maintains this position
through innovation, utilising its distinct
knowledge for high-end applications
such as heat exchangers and Li-ion
batteries. The GBU has a global pres-
ence: more than 35 sites, HQ in Seoul
and 2,300 employees spread across
four continents.

Professional Fluorochemistry
Solvay Fluor stands for a professional
team of experienced chemists and a
sales staff committed to taking on any
challenge and to solving problems in
close co-operation with our clients.
With our state-of-the-art application
technologies we offer a full range of
fluorochemicals, using fluorspar pro-
duced in-house. In line with our com-
mitment to managing challenges we
further focus our Fluor business on
high value-added specialty products
to bring value to our customers.

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