According
to China Fluoride
Materials Monthly Report issued by CCM in July, The current situation that some
refrigerants, such as difluorochloromethane (R22), will be banned from using in
the air conditioning industry because of their destruction to the ozone layer,
will increase the market demand for 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), a
new type of air conditioning refrigerant. HFO-1234yf has huge market prospects
because of its environmental protection performance. Its ozone depletion
potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP) are just 0 and 4
respectively.
Changshu
3F Zhonghao New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd. (3F Zhonghao) is the first
enterprise of China which has produced HFO-1234yf. Arkema (Changshu) Fluorine
Chemical Co., Ltd. (Arkema Changshu) has announced its intention to invest in
the HFO-1234yf project, whichwill be completed by the end of 2013. Moreover,
Zhejiang Quhua Fluorine Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhejiang Juhua Co.,
Ltd. (Zhejiang Juhua), has invested in the research and development of the
HFO-1234yf project.In June 2010, Shanghai 3F New Material Co., Ltd. (3F)
approved its subsidiary-3F Zhonghao, to construct the HFO-1234yf project in
cooperation with DuPont Company, the chief HFO-1234yf provider of the world. In
H2 2012, 3F Zhonghao's HFO-1234yf project started operations and has generated
enormous profits for 3F Zhonghao.
3F
may expand its production capacity for HFO-1234yf because it believes that the
current situation is conducive to the development of its new refrigerant
project. The restriction of domestic R22 use will increase the demand for
environmentally friendly refrigerant for the refrigerator and air conditioning
industries. Moreover, the recovery of export markets will help 3F improve its
operating conditions. For instance, the US may replace
1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) in 2-3 years, which may
increase the demand for HFO-1234yf.
Arkema
Changshu invested USD88.89 million in the construction of the HFO-1234yf
project mainly because it believes that the market demand for HFO-1234yf of the
global market will increase sharply. It started to be constructed in May 2013
and will be completed at the end of 2013.
Arkema
Changshu is one of the largest investment companies of Total Group in China.
Its main products include hydrogen fluoride (HF),
difluorochloromethane (R22) and organic fluorine chemicals. Due to the high
expense and strict restriction of HFO-1234yf production technology protection,
in Dec. 2011, Juhua invested USD1.29 million in the research of the 4th
generation of fluorine refrigerant products,
including HFO-1234yf and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropylene (HFO-1234ze). Juhua
believes that the project will increase its influence and social status in the
domestic fluorine chemical industry if it succeeds in the research of the new
refrigerant technology.
At
present, which refrigerant will be the most suitable one for air conditioning
systems is still unclear. Volkswagen and Daimler AG announced that HFO-1234yf
involves a hidden danger of combustion as an air conditioning refrigerant.
Volkswagen will research using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant for air
conditioning systems. Meanwhile, Daimler AG has recalled those vehicles using
HFO-1234yf as the air conditioning refrigerant. But, General Motors Corporation
does not think it is a problem.
Table of Contents of China
Fluoride Materials Monthly Report 1307:
Market
review of fluorite in H1 2013
Do-Fluoride's
HF project obtains government subsidy of USD1.68 million
Current
situation of domestic HFO-1234yf projects
Domestic
market price of R22 decreases continually in June 2013
Jiangxi
Shilei's fluorine chemical project makes progress
Market
review of AlF3 in H1 2013.
Fluorine
material research centers increase domestic enterprises' competitiveness.
Zhonghao
Chenguang's PTFE project passes the approval process
Progress
of Jiangxi Bailian's fluorine chemical project
Sichuan
Huangming's LiFP6 project makes progress.
Gansu
Peilin extends its fluorine chemical industrial chain
Import
and export analysis of fluorine chemicals in China in May 2013
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