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2026. 6. 30. 작업

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What exactly is R-1234yf?

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R-1234yf is designed to be an environmentally-friendlier, near drop-in replacement for R-134a . Environmental legislations are pushing for refrigerants with lower global warming potential (GWP). R-1234yf is an attempt to address that, with a GWP that is over 300 times lower than R-134a: HFO-1234yf was developed to meet the European directive 2006/40/EC that went into effect in 2011 requiring that all new car platforms for sale in Europe use a refrigerant in its AC system with a GWP below 150. Unsurprisingly, quite a few major manufacturers have committed to using it: General Motors still plans to transition all new models to the new refrigerant by 2018. Chrysler announced that they would continue the transition to R1234yf as well. Japanese automakers are also making the transition to R1234yf, Honda and Subaru have begun to introduce the new refrigerant already with the 2017 models. One of the things that makes R-1234yf an appealing option to manufacturers is that switching to it from R