HB 40.1-1997

1 - SAA HB40.1-1997 THE AUSTRALIAN REFRIGERATION AND AIRCONDITIONING CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE - PART 1
4 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 FOREWORD
7 - 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
8 - 3 SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
8 - 3.1 SCOPE
8 - 3.2 DEFINITIONS
11 - 4 DESIGN
11 - 4.1 COMPRESSORS
13 - 4.2 REFRIGERANT CONDENSERS AND EVAPORATORS
14 - 4.3 REFRIGERANT PIPELINES AND FITTINGS
15 - 4.4 VALVES
15 - 4.5 RELIEF DEVICE
16 - 4.6 AIR PURGERS (NEGATIVE PRESSURE SYSTEMS)
16 - 4.7 PUMP DOWN CAPABILITY
17 - 4.8 OIL DRAINING
17 - 4.9 CHARGE MONITORS AND LEAK DETECTORS
18 - 5 DEVELOPMENT
18 - 5.1 SEALED SYSTEMS
18 - 5.2 PACKAGED SYSTEMS
18 - 5.3 MAJOR COMPONENTS AND SUBASSEMBLIES
19 - 6 MANUFACTURE
19 - 6.1 CLEANLINESS OF SYSTEMS
19 - 6.2 LEAK TESTING
19 - 6.3 PUMP DOWN FACILITIES
19 - 6.4 HOLDING PRESSURES
20 - 7 TRAINING OF PERSONNEL
21 - 8 INSTALLATION AND SERVICING
21 - 8.1 INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT
22 - 8.2 EVACUATION METHOD
22 - 8.3 SERVICING OF EQUIPMENT
25 - 8.4 CLEANING AND FLUSHING A CONTAMINATED SYSTEM
26 - 8.5 LABELLING
27 - 9 MAINTENANCE
27 - 9.1 GENERAL MAINTENANCE
27 - 9.2 ADVICE TO EQUIPMENT USERS
29 - 10 RETROFITTING
30 - 11 RECOVERY, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF REFRIGERANTS
30 - 11.1 DURING MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION AND SERVICING
32 - 11.2 DISPOSAL OF REFRIGERANTS
33 - 12 HANDLING AND STORAGE OF REFRIGERANTS
33 - 12.1 HANDLING AND STORAGE
34 - 12.2 CHARGING
35 - 12.3 REFRIGERANT TRANSFER BETWEEN CONTAINERS
36 - 13 ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS AND LUBRICANTS
36 - 13.1 ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS
37 - APPENDIX 1 - DEALING WITH THE RECOVERY OF FLUOROCARBONS MIXED WITH OTHER REFRIGERANTS
38 - APPENDIX 2 - LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
39 - APPENDIX 3 - FLUOROCARBON REFRIGERANTS

This Handbook covers all systems classifiable as commercial and industrial refrigeration and airconditioning systems, including heat pumps.

This Code is intended to cover all systems classifiable as commercial and industrial refrigeration and airconditioning systems, including heat pumps, which use refrigerants listed in Appendix 3, or any other fluorocarbon refrigerant.Domestic refrigeration, residential airconditioning and automotive airconditioning systems are the subjects of separate Codes. This Code has been developed with the intention of reducing emissions into the atmosphere of refrigerants listed in Appendix 3, or any other fluorocarbon refrigerant.Environmental benefits and cost savings from reduced refrigerant losses can be expected from the application of this Code, including the use of alternative refrigerants (see also Section 13).

First published as HB40-1992.
Revised and redesignated HB40.1-1997.