News from Project 64

Our Austrian colleagues, Stig Rath and Harald Erös recently published a book entitled PROPANE, NATURALLY SAFE! According to the authors, this is the first book that provides a complete overview of regulations, standards, and best practices regarding fire and explosion hazards in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems.

At the European Heat Pump Summit, Project 64 was presented in a special session with in total of four presentations. First Björn Palm presented the Project as a whole, its purpose and its activities in general. Then Thore Oltersdorf gave a presentation on leak hole sizes in plate heat exchangers...

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT) Annex 64, focused on “Safety with Flammable Refrigerants,” will host a seminar at the Chillventa Congress to be held from October 7 to 10, 2024, in Nuremberg, Germany. The seminar will delve into the safety aspects and strategies for using flammable refrigerants in...

The Annex had a slow start with only three countries, Sweden, Germany and Korea, during 2023. Towards the end of the year, France and Austria joined as well. A few other countries also showed interest, and a re-start meeting with all five participating countries and some prospects was held in...