- Non-ozone depleting refrigerant, near-azeotropic blend.
- Well suited refrigerant for a variety of medium- and low-temperature refrigeration applications.
- Forane® 404A has a very low temperature glide* (less than 1°C) which makes it often suitable for flooded evaporator technology
- Food display and storage cases
- Cold storage rooms
- Ice machines
- Food processing
- Industrial refrigeration
- Transport refrigeration (refrigerated containers, trucks, vessels…)
Forane® 404A requires a polyolester (POE) lubricant to ensure complete miscibility between oil and refrigerant. Miscibility is important for oil return to the compressor, especially in large systems with long runs of piping.
Due to the near-azeotropic nature of Forane® 404A, it is better to charge it as liquid to prevent fractionation (changes in the designed refrigerant composition) but it can also be charged as gas. In situations where vapor would normally be charged into a system, a valve should be installed in the charging line to flash liquid from the cylinder into vapor.
Forane® 404A can be delivered in various packaging:
- bulk: ISO container (18 tons) or ton-tank (780 kg).
- pallet of 40 or 100 disposable cylinders (10.9 kg each cylinder). This disposable packaging is commercialized according to local regulations.
- other packaging available under requests.