Chillers and Low Pressure
This is the section "Type" for Chillers and Low Pressure Appliances
Type 3
Small Appliances are considered to have no more than this refrigerant amount.
What is 5 pounds?
The lowest passing score for the EPA exam.
What is 70%.
ODP
What is Ozone Depleting Potential?
This is the section of the EPA that covers high pressure appliances.
What is Type 2?
In addition to fines and being required to appear in court and /or jail, this penalty can be imposed on service technicians who violate Clean Air Act provisions to prevent work.
What is Loss of License?
Illegal to vent HFCF refrigerants into the atmosphere.
What is July 1st, 1992?
ASHRAE Standard 15-2013 requires the use of room sensors and alarms to detect this refrigerant hazard.
What is refrigerant leaks?
When using nitrogen in repairing a sealed refrigeration system, this device should always be on the refrigerant tank?
What is a regulator?
Color of the charging hose.
What is yellow?
These are the chemicals in an "HFC".
What are hydrogen fluorine and carbon?
Connect the red hose on this copper line in order to recover liquid refrigerant from the system.
What is the liquid line?
If you knowing release refrigerant in the atmosphere, you may get fined by the EPA for this action.
What is illegally VENTING refrigerant into the atmosphere?
Recovery equipment needs low loss fittings.
What is November 15, 1993?
Evacuating a system and using of a severely oversized vacuum pump could;
What is freeze the water in the chiller barrel?
A very large refrigerant leak can cause suffocation because refrigerants...
What is heavier than air?
This is how you should charge a refrigerant blend. (Vapor or Liquid)
What is a liquid?
This is the acceptable "Drop-In" replacement refrigerant for R22. No retrofit is needed.
What is there is no such thing?
Recovering refrigerant from a system in the vapor phase will minimize losing this substance.
What is oil?
This person can report your violation the the EPA.
Who is anyone?
Business required to have at least one piece of certified, self contained recovery equipment.
What is July 13, 1993?
A technician evacuating refrigerant from appliances with a full charge of more than 5 pounds and less than 50 pounds that are being disposed. This is the length of time to keep the records of the event.
What is 3 years?
Refrigeration systems/appliances would that are permissible to use a passive recovery device for recovery of CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs
What is domestic houselhold?
This is made of a moisture absorbing material called desiccant which helps remove moisture and other contaminants form the refrigerant.
What is a filter drier?
EPA Section 608 rules require capture of 80% of the HCFCs and HFCs from a small appliance sealed system with a non-operating compressor.
What is system dependent recovery?
You verify the system has a leak, but you did not find the leak. The number of days do you have to perform a follow up to perform a leak search and repair.
What is 30 days?
EPA may assess civil administrative penalties of up to $_____________ per day, per violation against federal agencies for noncompliance.
What is $44,539 dollars?
R-22 Phase out date.
What is January 1, 2020?
Starting in 2019, EPA regulations require that all chillers containing 50 or more pounds of ozone-depleting refrigerant that are used for comfort cooling be repaired when the leak rate exceeds;
What is 10% of the charge per year?
This particular type of system is not covered under the "small appliance" section of the EPA, despite having close similarities.
What are MVAC Systems?
(Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning)
Maximum normal charge of HCFC or HFC refrigerant in an appliance that is allowed to use system dependent recovery equipment.
What is 15lbs of refrigerant?
Process that returns refrigerant to new product specifications and that requires chemical analysis.
What is
Reclaim
Reclamation
Starting in 2019, this leak rate triggers the EPA requirement that commercial refrigeration systems containing 50 pounds or more of R-22 be repaired.
What is 20%?
The EPA set mandates for refrigerant and refrigeration appliances. However, this agency will fine you for transportation misuse of recovery tanks.
What is DOT (Department of Transporatation)?
Illegal to vent HFC refrigerants?
What is November 15th, 1995?