Method to estimate cost and environmental load in fluorocarbon collect/destruction system from commercial refrigerator and air conditioner

Abstract

We developed a simple method to estimate cost and environmental load in fluorocarbon recovery/destruction system from commercial refrigerator and air conditioner. In order to estimate fluorocarbon collection process in detail, we also developed a method to get regional fluorocarbon distribution. Distribution of commercial air conditioner is estimated by distribution of building floor space. That of commercial refrigerator is done by distribution of number of retail trade shop. Results shows that cost of extraction, storage and destruction processes take most part of total cost compared with transportation cost.