Overview: Propane (R-290) is a safe, climate-friendly refrigerant with tremendous potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from supermarket refrigeration.
Last year, the UL safety standard (60335-2-89) was updated to incorporate higher allowable charge sizes of propane. The goal of this factsheet is to accelerate updates to remaining codes and standards.
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Propane as a safe, cost-effective, and climate-friendly refrigerant
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Propane applications in supermarkets
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Approved UL safety standard that allows higher propane charge limits
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The latest status on the process to update remaining codes and standards
