A-Gas Launches 'Even Greener' Carbon Dioxide, Derived from Sugar Beet

by Andrew Gaved (Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Magazine) Refrigerant, branded ‘eCO2’, offers sustainable sourcing and lower moisture content than current offerings, distributor claims. In a first for the UK, A-Gas has launched a new high specification carbon dioxide refrigerant, produced sustainably from waste sugar beet and therefore claiming better ‘sustainable sourcing’ credentials than industrially produced CO2 options.
Known as “eCO2”, this product is UK-sourced, has excellent thermodynamic properties and sets the standard for those looking for a green alternative to HFC gases like R22, commonly used in these industries, A-Gas says.
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A-Gas Operations Manager Rob Parker said: “The X Factor for eCO2 is the sustainable way it is produced. Most CO2 refrigerants are recovered from dirty industrial processes which are far from green in their methods. eCO2 is a by-product of bioethanol production from waste sugar beet – using crops not destined for sugar production.
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eCO2 is recovered from the natural fermentation of the sugar beet crop. Bioethanol production is a highly integrated and sustainable local operation with the sugar beet crop sourced close to the factory. The waste beet does not compete with other food sources and, as part of the process, raw carbon dioxide is recovered, so no new CO2 enters the atmosphere. READ MORE