IR SENSORS ARE LIKELY TO BE THE MOST PRACTICAL LEAK DETECTION OPTION WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL HVACR SECTOR, ACCORDING TO AHRTI REPORT No. 9009 – LEAK DETECTION OF A2L REFRIGERANTS IN HVACR EQUIPMENT
During the course of 2017, the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology Institute, Inc. (AHRTI) released a complete assessment to investigate which of the available refrigerant sensor technologies would be able to meet the anticipated update of current international and U.S. standards for HVACR systems. Specification requirements for A2L refrigerants, including refrigerant sensor requirements such as response time and measurement ranges, are...