Applications
| Refrigeration application | Short descriptions | Typical refrigerants used |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic refrigeration | Appliances used for keeping food in dwelling units | R-600a, R-134a |
| Commercial refrigeration | Holding and displaying frozen and fresh food in retail outlets | R-134a, R-404A, R-507 |
| Food processing and cold storage | Equipment to preserve, process and store food from its source to the wholesale distribution point | R-123, R-134a, R-407C, R-410A, R-507 |
| Industrial refrigeration | Large equipment, typically 25 kW to 30 MW, used for chemical processing, cold storage, food processing, building and district heating and cooling | R-123, R-134a, R-404A, R-407C, R-507, R-717 |
| Transport refrigeration | Equipment to preserve and store goods, primarily foodstuffs, during transport by road, rail, air and sea | R-134a, R-407C, R-410A |
| Electronic cooling | Low-temperature cooling of CMOS circuitry and other components in large computers and servers | R-134a, R-404A, R-507 |
| Medical refrigeration | R-134a, R-404A, R-507 | |
| Cryogenic refrigeration | Ethylene, Helium |
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