The increasingly stringent European environmental regulations have pushed manufacturers operating in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector to develop alternative solutions that use refrigerants that go beyond these restrictions and which, hopefully, will be resilient to the introduction of new regulations in the future.

The market has therefore focused on natural refrigerants and in particular on hydrocarbons, ammonia and carbon dioxide. The latter immediately opportunities in the commercial refrigeration area, growing at high rates year by year, until it established itself as the main solution in this sector. This rapid diffusion meant that R-744 was recognized for its important qualities, like its high heat exchange capacity and its higher cooling capacity in refer ...